Sentences with phrase «short story»

Quiroga notes that a short story by a fellow Argentine, Jorge Luis Borges, spelled out what would happen to us if we lacked this capacity for compression.

This is as yet a short story: for all its essential functions, the anus is a very understudied organ.

Among the 12 books DeMarco has published in his 50 - year career (including a short story collection and a novel about project management) is one called Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency.

Leaving aside the issue of whether Borges knew of Luria's studies or not — I believe not — I can not help noticing the uncanny lucidity with which he treats a topic as complex as memory in the context of a short story.

The short story is that it successfully simulated how atoms transition between acting as superfluids or insulators.

June 7, 1942, a day like any other according to La Nación, except for a short story appearing in the Arts and Letters section that would turn this issue of the newspaper into a historic document.

,» a short story featuring California's state amphibian, is largely credited for American literary icon Mark Twain's own jump to

The robot teacher first told a short story about the animals that make up the Chinese zodiac, in order to get a baseline EEG reading.

In Isaac Asimov's short story «-- That Thou Art Mindful of Him,» engineers attempt to acclimate humans to robots by creating robots that look like birds and insects and also detect and correct ecological problems.

A short story by Joanna Kavenna

My favourite chapter is written by Louis and Morrow, and takes the form of a science fiction short story illustrating the future of workgroup computing.

Space precludes a full listing here of every real - world marvel lifted straight from a work of futuristic fiction, but suffice it to say that an artificial Earth - orbiting satellite was depicted in the sci - fi short story «Brick Moon» by Edward Everett Hale in 1869.

Each short story idea has its own natural length.

The first short story, Snow White is Dead, has 48 different narrative paths, selected automatically based on the results of an EEG brainwave monitor attached to the computer on which the e-book is being read.

Each app offers a classic short story related to the SDGs, for example, «Frritt - Flacc» by Jules Verne.

I'll never forget being creeped out by «Private Eye,» a 1949 short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore.

Ken had programmed these figures so that they captured a small truth about human relationships, in much the same way that someone else might express a fleeting insight in a poem or a short story.

I was working on a short story that later evolved into a novel called The Collapsium and eventually into a series of books collectively known as The Queendom of Sol, a future history of the solar system (and some parts beyond).

The best short story entered in the 48 - hour Flash Fiction Challenge will be published on our website and you'll win # 500 and a VIP pass to Sci - Fi - London

It was not described in medical literature until 1964 but some experts believe one of the earliest accounts of the debilitating illness appeared in an 1857 short story by Charles Dickens and his friend Wilke Collins:

In his 1941 short story Nightfall, Isaac Asimov describes a planet called Lagash that resides in a multistar system.

So short story, Social Security going into the derivatives market would be theoretically possible, but realistically impossible.

In Stephen King's macabre short story «The Lawnmower Man,» a sex - crazed landscaper murders and dismembers the suburban homeowner who hires him to cut his overgrown lawn.

The article made me remember a Larry Niven short story I read in a collection years ago (I know you'll be shocked to find out that I grew up reading science fiction).

Take «Late Carnations,» a short story about a young employee of China Datang Corporation, a large state - controlled power company, whose gruelling work ethic causes him to miss the final hours of both his parents.

For example, give her a warm bath, rock her and quietly sing a lullaby or read a short story.

When we are talking ties to Australia, Henry was the name of their «Father of Federation» and is also the name of a very well - known short story writer, Henry Lawson.

Young adult short story author, Jammie Kern.

Developing grit — that quality of pushing through obstacles as we pursue something about which we're passionate — depends on the child working hard to accomplish her own goals, whether that's mastering a jump shot, short story, recipe or camping trip.

It's an old habit, having been a short story writer since grade school.

It could include a quiet cuddle and short story in a darkened room before it's time to nap.

Based in Austin, Texas, Olivia Suarez began her writing career in 1998, when she wrote and illustrated her first short story.

I do have to share a very short story about what happened when we were taking these photos.

I just published my first short story.

I'm remembering a short story about a child getting its arm ripped off by an animal at the zoo, and it turns out at the end that humans have evolved to have four arms, and the kid's father comforts himself that the kid still has one more than people used to think was sufficient.

A short story by Lydia Davis about trying to calculate the cost of a love affair.

Time on the potty was always accompanied by praise and reading a short story or singing a song to make it a positive experience.

Tell or read your child a short story.

And since my son was starting to get sick of the frequent bathroom trips (as they meant he'd have to stop whatever fun thing he was doing to go sit on the toilet), I began offering to read him a short story while he sat on the toilet.

Take her in a silent room or the silent space to create the opportunity for sleeping and read a short story for her.

Famous people with the name Raymond include short story writer Raymond Carver, actor Raymond Burr and musician Ray Charles.

The time demands of motherhood have made me a greater short story enthusiast.

Based on a short story from Oscar Wilde, The Selfish Giant - the latest production from Chicago Children's Theatre - features music by Chicago folk legend Michael Smith and production by Blair Thomas & Company.

This is also the short story..

Short story writers wanted!

The 32nd Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is now accepting entries for Adult, Young Adult (15 - 17) and Teen (12 - 14) categories.

Send us your short story (2,500 words or less) and entry form by April 6.

Our early childhood teachers will guide you and your child in a simple craft and close the morning with a short story.

My little lady is now happy to lay down after I change her diaper, dim the lights, and read her a short story.

If you haven't read «Cat Person» yet — Kristen Roupenian's short story in the New Yorker of an ill - fated relationship (aka an uncomfortable one - night stand) between Margot, a 20 - year old college student, and Robert, a 34 - year - old man whom she met at the movie theater where she works — I'm betting you have at least heard of -LSB-...]