Laugh Lines
A Science Fiction, Short Stories book. Well, it was supposed to be funny, and I guess it was mildly entertaining, but that's as far as...
Ben Bova, best-selling and award-winning author of the "Grand Tour" and "Asteroid Wars" series, takes a sardonic look at the humorous possibilities of future technology. The Starcrossed: Bill Oxnard, a young technological genius, had perfected true three-dimensional television, making ordinary TV obsolete. He thought he would be rich and famous -- but he hadn't realized how deranged the executives running the industry were;...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 528 pages
- ISBN: 9781416555605 / 1416555609
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Ben Bova has brought Science Fiction and humor together seamlessly in this book of short stories. He gives us a breath of fresh air from his usually heavy science fiction with this collection of lighthearted stories. Well, it was supposed to be funny, and I guess it was mildly entertaining, but that's as far as I would go. Contains 2 longer novellas and some short stories. The first novella, Starcrossed, was sort of fun, but the last one I didn't really finish, just skimmed it. My favorite story was 'The Great Moon Hoax,' which has a very different... Uch. I couldn't get through even the first story of this book. Not only is it not funny, it's just plain awful. But what really made me slam the book shut and vow to take it back to the library post-haste is that it's RIFE with typos. I couldn't take it any more. For example, "he heaved a great sight."One story, titled "The Supersonic...
