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04:51 pm - The Silence of the Cows
What SF writer are you?

I am:
Philip K. Dick
The brilliant yet trashy master of the reality warp always left you unsure of what was real, but never forgot compassion.


Which science fiction writer are you?



'Two cows' jokes (SF edition)

"You have two cows. One of them watches you when your back is turned. The other has stolen your drugs on behalf of the government."

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From:iainjcoleman
Date:March 18th, 2009 05:04 pm (UTC)
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I got Gregory Benford.

I have never read Gregory Benford.

Should I be happy?
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From:communicator
Date:March 18th, 2009 05:05 pm (UTC)
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That's because he's a TRUFAX scientist like you.

ETA 'You have two cows. One is at the centre of the Galaxy, the other is travelling backwards in time'

Edited at 2009-03-18 05:06 pm (UTC)
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From:emeraldsedai
Date:March 18th, 2009 06:23 pm (UTC)
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Good God, I'm William Gibson.

That's actually...kinda cool!

I did not get the cow joke thing, so I googled like a good girl and now I sort of do get it.

Robert Jordan: You have a black, long-horned bull that stands fully eight handspans across the shoulders and bellows with a deep, rumbling sound that ends in a high-pitched scream, and a small, brown-and-white cow with a gently-curving pair of horns and liquid, placid brown eyes, her manner belied by the heavy gold ring in her nose, shaped like a snake eating its own tail, and by the shimmering glow of saidar that surrounds her. The fact that you can see this glow is proof that you, too, are a female. "Bossy Sedai!" you say with a reverent curtsy.
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From:communicator
Date:March 18th, 2009 06:49 pm (UTC)
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It's very cool.

William Gibson: You virtually have a dairy farm
From:jthijsen
Date:March 18th, 2009 07:57 pm (UTC)
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I got Hal Clement, which I think is totally cool.
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From:communicator
Date:March 18th, 2009 08:19 pm (UTC)
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I'm ashamed to say I don't think I've read anything by him. Do you recommend anything?
From:jthijsen
Date:March 18th, 2009 08:23 pm (UTC)
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Mission of Gravity is his most famous book, but I've also read one (can't remember the title right now) about aliens whose normal environment was several hundreds degrees Celcius, who traded precious metals for tobacco, which was extremely addictive to them.
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From:i_smell_shite
Date:March 18th, 2009 08:01 pm (UTC)
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I'm Arthur C Clark. But I love Philip K Dick I have read loads of his stuff!
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From:communicator
Date:March 18th, 2009 08:17 pm (UTC)
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I'm thinking of getting Valis to listen to next on my i-Pod
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From:i_smell_shite
Date:March 18th, 2009 08:30 pm (UTC)
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Iain says its his last great book. I haven't read this one yet. But it is highly recomended.
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From:communicator
Date:March 18th, 2009 08:46 pm (UTC)
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I read it long ago, but I love listening to books, even when I've read them before. It's more relaxing than reading. It sort of washes over you.
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From:vilakins
Date:March 18th, 2009 10:44 pm (UTC)
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I'm Cordwainer Smith. I have two cows, but they're crazed mutant attack cows trained to defend Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
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From:communicator
Date:March 18th, 2009 11:10 pm (UTC)
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Virus infected cows grown to enormous size
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From:vilakins
Date:March 18th, 2009 11:17 pm (UTC)
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Which is why I only need the two.

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