sirpratchett:

finally came up with a good poll idea so, for posterity:

Which of these fucked up short stories commonly read in American English literature classes impacted you the most?

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke

The Most Fucked Up Story Not Here Listed (Tag, Comment, or Reblog to Add)

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All of Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury!!

*screams* How did I forget this one??? It’s so tragic and sad and horrible

bizzareshark:

prokopetz:

I know I’m being an insufferable worldbuilding nerd here, but my basic metric for evaluating media with very inhuman protagonists is “how easily can one offer a complete and coherent account of this media’s plot without ever mentioning the fact that the protagonist is, for example, a talking car?”. The harder it is, the higher it scores.

@hewwbwazew I would LOVE to read this holy shit