This isn't exactly writing so I'm posting it here, but it is related since it involves reading.
Anyway, I thought it might be fun. I tried this riddle on another SF writing site but no one even tried to answer it. It is as the name implies from real life.
A while back my wife drove a gold color car. Why, when it came time for me to buy a new Pick-up, did I want a bronze colored one---besides the fact that I kind a liked the color.
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Hmm. I would have guessed that the color had something to do with the color of dirt you expected to get on the truck when you drove it around in places like the ones they show in the commerials.
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quote: Hmm. I would have guessed that the color had something to do with the color of dirt you expected to get on the truck when you drove it around in places like the ones they show in the commerials.
Thanks for trying.
I thought I gave a hint or two but maybe I was being too cute. Think of a female SF writer, very well known and who I thought died but there seems to be a new book out by her. In either case she has been around for a long while.
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If my memory serves me correctly, that would white vehicle would need to be a moped.
Keeping to the theme of the thread, here is a fantasy/sci-fi riddle for you.
I am a ring but you can't wear me. From a distance, I am a wonder like none other. On my surface, I appear as an arch that reaches into the sky. The pacifist race that found me, almost destroyed me. The people that built me, would have killed you and your family to protect their own. I am a home to many but have no ceiling. I am filled with Homo's (not a gay reference) but few Sapiens.
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I knew that was too easy for you Robert. Let's try again.
For 50,000 years, I was the center of the galaxy. As predicted, I fell and most of civilization crumbled with me. But steps are being calculated so I will once again rise...that is if the numbers add up.
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Trantor from Asimov's Foundation series, right? Now that I've got the hang of it, it's easy. Or at least it will be if we stick to pre-1980 stuff.
How about this? What SF title is a compliment inside the field, but an insult outside of it?
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Drawing a blank on Brendan's riddle...I tried Googling key phrases but turned up nothing that jogged my memories...so unless I have a moment of blinding inspiration, I'm down for the count.
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I completely forgot about my riddle. Of course, Robert is correct. Let's see what else I got.
The Borg, the Terminators, the Cylons, and the Daleks are all my grandchildren, but have goals that are too sympathetic for my cause. Man is just my latest enemy in my quest to rid the galaxy of its disease, and I won't rest until the last microbe is irradicated.
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It's Ms. Morris, actually. (I'm very used to it - as a child I got assigned to the boys' dormitory at science camp two summers in a row, in fact.)
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Okay, here's another. Tougher so get ready...
Vulcan made me sharp but I never cut. My brothers and sisters were created for their own ends and had powers that not even the gods could withstand, but all had a flaw forged within. The strongest of my siblings destroyed the others but could not vanquish me, for I ended up being indestructable with my power to do no harm.
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I'm thinking that Fred Saberhagen series about swords---okay, I cheated and Googled it, but I haven't read any of that particular Saberhagen series...
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I haven't read that Fred Saberhagen's series either so if it's related to that series I may not get it.
But At work the other day I thought of two riddles but even though very short they could be too easy. Now if I could recall the second riddle but I just thought of a third.
I may give them a try tomorrow I really need to get back to writing.
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