Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 22, 2011
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July 23, 2011
Transcript:
Jeffrey: So our ancestors came here from another planet? That's so cool! Danae: Why is that cool? Jeffrey: 'Cuz that means we come from the best of the best in the galaxy! Danae: Whoa! Lars: Umm... Jeffrey: Or this is just a big penal colony. Lars: Bingo. Danae: Well, that explains so much... To be punishingly concluded.
I hope I don’t disappoint some of you here who are obviously big sci-fi readers that I am not one myself. In fact, I’ve never read a science fiction novel in my life. But I find interesting that several of you have noted similarities of this silly storyline to different novels by various authors, most of whom I’ve never heard of. When writing this series, I just wanted to come up with the dumbest, most ludicrous scenario to a real life event (the contest by the Pentagon) that I could think of for the sake of silly humor. I had no idea authors in the past used a similar storyline seriously for a book! Thanks for letting me know. I find it fascinating.