"What a fellow you are, [Stephen]. Such a thing won't be invented for another hundred and fifty years. And if we did have it, it would make for a very short story."
"I suppose it would. No better than a novella."
"Not even that. A short story. And not a very good one, either."
Thursday, July 24, 2008
How long do you want this story to be, anyway?
Labels:
breaking the 4th wall,
fiction,
recursion,
steampunk O'Brian
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