On 9/12/2015 8:31 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 12-9-2015 0:03, Stephen wrote:
>> On 9/11/2015 9:23 PM, clipka wrote:
>>> Am 11.09.2015 um 22:06 schrieb Stephen:
>>>
>>>> Which reminded me of a story by Harry Harrison* called Toy shop.
>>>> http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22966
>>>
>>> Now /that's/ what I call true genius...
>>>
>>
>> It has stuck with me for about 50 years.
>> I don't know whether it was my age or if there were a lot more "make you
>> think" short stories. It was like a sub-sub-genre with points for
>> brevity. You have probably read Knock. The shortest SF story. If not:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_%28short_story%29
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Somehow, now that you mention it, this sub-sub-genre seems to have
> totally vanished from the shelves. A pity; it was most enjoyable.
>

Isaac Asimov had a weakness for Short-short stories that were puns.

> Which reminds me of the following story by Damon Knight: "To Serve Man"
> http://perrylocal.org/mostova/files/2011/09/To-Serve-Man.pdf
> Like you, it stuck with me since the 1960's. I first read it in French
> translation, in the now legendary magazine /Planète/.
>

That one is one of my memories too.
I did not read many magazines by the time the American ones got to 
Glasgow they would be in batches several months late. The British 
magazines would be difficult to find. It was mostly library books that 
kept me going.

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Regards
     Stephen

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