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| From | Paul Colquhoun <newsposter@andor.dropbear.id.au> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality |
| Date | 2018-05-04 15:42 +1000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrnpenslb.5pn.newsposter@andor.dropbear.id.au> (permalink) |
| References | <pcg87d$cu8$2@dont-email.me> <ddednTuctdP6XnbHnZ2dnUU7-TudnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
On Thu, 03 May 2018 21:20:23 -0500, David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> wrote:
| On 2018-05-04, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
|> YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality
|>
|> "Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality. He Meets an
|> Alien who is also seeking immortality and they discuss there mutual
|> quest. The ???punch line??? of the story is that the alien is already 60,000
|> years old."
|>
|> "I think the Author was either A. C. Clarke or Asimov but I am not sure."
|>
|> From:
|> https://best-sci-fi-books.com/contact/
|
| ... Might be a Niven? Specifically a Draco's Bar, I think it was, story?
Could it be "Cautionary Tales" by Niven? My copy is in the "Convergent
Series" short story collection.
It's only about 5 pages long. The alien is only about 10,000 earth years
old, but its a pretty good match.
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YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-03 19:07 -0500
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality David DeLaney <daviddelaney@earthlink.net> - 2018-05-03 21:20 -0500
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2018-05-03 21:02 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2018-05-03 21:38 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Kay Shapero <kay@invalid.net> - 2018-05-06 22:29 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Paul Colquhoun <newsposter@andor.dropbear.id.au> - 2018-05-04 15:42 +1000
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 07:14 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-04 14:51 +0000
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-05-04 09:16 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-04 13:12 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2018-05-04 15:20 -0700
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality banjo@dontspam.silent.com - 2018-05-04 23:37 +0100
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-05-03 21:04 -0600
Re: YASID: Looking for a short story about a man seeking immortality D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-04 03:36 +0000
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