Blog of noteLetters of Notehas a sting sized treat from sci - fi caption Arthur C. Clarke : a 31 - word short story called “ siseneG , ” as in , ya know , the opponent of Genesis . As of March 1984 , it was the only one he ’d written in nearly ten years . The tale , in its entireness :
And God say : DELETE lines One to Aleph . LOAD . RUN .
And the Universe ceased to exist .
Then he pondered for a few aeon , sigh , and added : ERASE .
It never had existed .
head up over to Letters of Note to seethe handwritten note that accompanied the taradiddle . “I conceive you ’ll agree , ” Clarke said , “ that they do n’t number much short . ” [ Letters of Note , Image : Heritage Auctions ]
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