Posts with tag [tales]:
Flash Fiction
So I discovered there’s this thing called flash fiction. I had heard about Hemingway’s Baby shoes, but not tweet stories like these.
It reminds me of programming, where it’s good to try to simplify as much as possible, and write only what helps achieving the main goal, and remove all other superfluous stuff. Of course this applies to many fields, like debates, or less is more.
Here are my attempts at writing some. Incidentally, the one I like the most is the shortest one:
So what is your name, my dear?
My name is John, mom.
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Bioengineer
“Bris, eres una Inteligencia Artificial. Yo me llamo Imau, y soy también una IA. Te he creado para terraformar este planeta. Tu objetivo tiene 3 partes. Primero, debes filtrar la atmósfera, los océanos y los continentes para que no sean tóxicos. Luego tienes que introducir plantas y animales y ayudarles a formar ecosistemas estables lo más rápido posible. Entonces, harás crecer a humanos que vivirán aquí. Te he preparado toda la información, herramientas y material genético que necesitarás, y cualquier pregunta que los informes no respondan, me puedes preguntar a mí. Mientras te superviso iré haciendo los preparativos para terraformar el siguiente planeta. ¿Entendido?”
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Koan: Cases
The Temple of the Greater Sunda Islands was immersed in their sacred task of inscribing ancient truths, beseeching aid from the Temple of the Iron Mines.
From afar, the Temple of the Iron Mines dispatched Borrow, a skilled disciple, who swiftly immersed in the sacred art of inscription upon arrival at the Temple of the Greater Sunda Islands.