COLLAPSE

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.

Richard Powers (2006)

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YOUR FUTURE

I’m your future, child. Don’t cry.

Stephen Baxter (2006)

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RUN

It’s behind you! Hurry before it

Rockne S. O’Bannon (2006)

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KISS

We kissed. She melted. Mop please!

James Patrick Kelly (2006)

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EPITAPH

Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.

Vernor Vinge (2006)

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GATE

“Cellar?” “Gate to, uh … hell, actually.”

Ronald D. Moore (2006)

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DESSERT

Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please.

Steven Meretzky (2006)

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MACHINE

machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time

Alan Moore (2006)

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BATTERIES

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?

Eileen Gunn (2006)

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GENESIS

God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist.

Arthur C. Clarke (2006)

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