tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post5709788538652757102..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Tomato SurpriseSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-56908634981358472192012-06-03T11:57:56.264-07:002012-06-03T11:57:56.264-07:00Another one I remember from childhood is a Frederi...Another one I remember from childhood is a Frederick Brown one-pager about a soldier. Started something like "The day was bitter with a high wind that hurt his eyes." I don't remember much but he describes the soldier fighting aliens. In the end, the twist is, "Fighting those disgusting aliens, with their two arms, one head, and only two eyes..."Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00856998995555375422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-14716799049612617022012-05-27T13:09:49.177-07:002012-05-27T13:09:49.177-07:00Glad to help.Glad to help.Mario Di Giacomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277696754452598208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-85265228905212222482012-05-26T18:19:10.311-07:002012-05-26T18:19:10.311-07:00Just happened to wander through, and I'm 99% c...Just happened to wander through, and I'm 99% certain that this is Poul Anderson's novelette "The Martyr".Mario Di Giacomohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00277696754452598208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-35013765870935949032012-05-25T23:26:19.018-07:002012-05-25T23:26:19.018-07:00I don't know that one, but it's great. As...I don't know that one, but it's great. Aside from the classic above, there's the Asimov "... let there be light!" of course.<br /><br />But the one that really gets me is Shaara's "All the Way Back," though the reveal is a page or so from the end. That, the Asimov one and many other great stories are in Baen's <i>The World Turned Upside Down</i>...JPhttp://www.jpsdomain.org/noreply@blogger.com