Shortest Science Fiction Novel...
Pursuing my passion of reading I was scanning through a great book, "Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
", I came across the shortest Science Fiction novel by Anonymous. In it's entirety it reads... "The last man on earth sat in a room. There was a knock on the door." I just have to say "WOW!" this is a great piece of fiction. Simple, evocative, and has you wanting more. Anybody know of similarly terse novels of any genre?
Darrin
", I came across the shortest Science Fiction novel by Anonymous. In it's entirety it reads... "The last man on earth sat in a room. There was a knock on the door." I just have to say "WOW!" this is a great piece of fiction. Simple, evocative, and has you wanting more. Anybody know of similarly terse novels of any genre?Darrin
Posted by hottiford on November 12, 2005 at 06:22 AM PST #
When I was a lot younger (<10!) I read a short story which started this way. The knock was from an alien... and of course aliens had taken over the planet, so the last man called them all "George." I think this was in "X minus One" and an episode called "Knock"
http://www.otrsite.com/logs/logx1001.htm
Posted by James McPherson on August 23, 2007 at 09:39 PM PDT #