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on Earth, have we got an SF writer
Feb. 7th, 2010 07:04 pmIf you've read these stories, you'll remember these lines:
"So they went back a hundred and ten million years to discuss the matter reasonably. And, when they arrived, what do you think they found? Yep - exactly. That's exactly what they found." - Me, Myself, and I (1947)
"When Plookh meets Plookh, they discuss sex. A convention is held, a coordinator selected, and, amid cheers and rejoicing, they enter the wholesome state of matrimony. The square of seven is forty-nine." - Venus and the Seven Sexes (1949)
"That's why they have a hunk of blood-stained linoleum buried in White Willow Cemetery. And that immense monument above it was raised by enthusiastic public subscription in a single hour." - Everybody Loves Irving Bommer (1951)
"Suck air, grab clusters, and hear the last holy observation of our history: Looking about us, we can say with pardonable pride that we have been about as thoroughly liberated as it is possible for a race and a planet to be!" - The Liberation of Earth (1953)
"There are aliens who live as we do, who face problems as we do, and - if you won't mind - who worship as we do. There are aliens who know what a pogrom tastes like, and who also know the sweetness of our Sabbath. Let's put it this way: there are Jews - and there are Jews. The Bulbas belong to the second group." - On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi (1974)
"So they went back a hundred and ten million years to discuss the matter reasonably. And, when they arrived, what do you think they found? Yep - exactly. That's exactly what they found." - Me, Myself, and I (1947)
"When Plookh meets Plookh, they discuss sex. A convention is held, a coordinator selected, and, amid cheers and rejoicing, they enter the wholesome state of matrimony. The square of seven is forty-nine." - Venus and the Seven Sexes (1949)
"That's why they have a hunk of blood-stained linoleum buried in White Willow Cemetery. And that immense monument above it was raised by enthusiastic public subscription in a single hour." - Everybody Loves Irving Bommer (1951)
"Suck air, grab clusters, and hear the last holy observation of our history: Looking about us, we can say with pardonable pride that we have been about as thoroughly liberated as it is possible for a race and a planet to be!" - The Liberation of Earth (1953)
"There are aliens who live as we do, who face problems as we do, and - if you won't mind - who worship as we do. There are aliens who know what a pogrom tastes like, and who also know the sweetness of our Sabbath. Let's put it this way: there are Jews - and there are Jews. The Bulbas belong to the second group." - On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi (1974)
- William Tenn, 1920-2010
