Stephen King: so i'm gonna go over to space coven tonight to tell a story Clive Barker: what, the sci fi nerds? good luck with that King: oh they're not so bad once you get to know them, clive Barker: i do not intend to know nerds - ThreadSky

midnightpals.bsky.social • 381 days ago

Stephen King: so i'm gonna go over to space coven tonight to tell a story
Clive Barker: what, the sci fi nerds? good luck with that
King: oh they're not so bad once you get to know them, clive
Barker: i do not intend to know nerds

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phostetlerart.bsky.social•381 days ago

Space Coven got their Space Oven to cook their Space Marshmallows to make Arcturan Triple-z'mores.

lizzzs.bsky.social•381 days ago

IT'S THE NERD-STONER TRANSCENDENCE

fantasticvol2.bsky.social•381 days ago

I am totally in agreement with Clive here.

midnightpals.bsky.social•381 days ago

King: look, clive, you know mary goes over to the sci fi campfire sometimes
Barker: i do not believe it
King: it's true! she invented sci fi, you know
Barker: mary shelley? OUR mary shelley? the queen witch?
Barker: she invented being a nerd?

tibbi.bsky.social•381 days ago

I need a t-shirt that says “I’m a Mary Shelley Nerd”

darthhellokitty.bsky.social•381 days ago

So many, many potential good t-shirts and Wikipedia rabbit holes have come out of these tales. And there are probably Wikipedia rabbit holes that turned into tales…

midnightpals.bsky.social•381 days ago

Barker: oh steve
Barker: you can't expect me to swallow that whopper
King: it's true! edgar, tell him
Poe: steve's right, clive. she really did
Barker:
Barker: well now i just don't know what to believe

midnightpals.bsky.social•381 days ago

King: i know those sci fi guys are a little odd but
King: if you ever want to read a prose version of a mildly confusing math problem
King: i mean bam they're your guys!
Barker:
Barker: yeah well
Barker: have fun with that

midnightpals.bsky.social•381 days ago

King: you know, clive a lot of science fiction actually deals with important issues in today's society?
King: they really make you think
[at space coven]
Robert Heinlein: so once we space-stead Pinochet's Gulch on an asteroid, we'll be free from the tyranny of age of consent laws

vgcatano.bsky.social•381 days ago

Heinlein: Also, all fathers shall have prima nocta rights with their daughters.

paulwartenberg.bsky.social•381 days ago

Poe: (pinches nose) Are you pushing that time-travel self-incest thing again, Bob?
Heinlein:
Heinlein:
Heinlein: I'll let my aunt-wife-niece explain later

midnightpals.bsky.social•381 days ago

[at space coven]
King: so in this story they invent a way to travel through space
King: but you have to be unconscious for it to work
Frank Herbert: i have a better idea for space travel
Herbert: what if you had to get really blasted

colbosch.bsky.social•381 days ago

Oh, I forgot that one was King. I really like that story.

lizthegm.bsky.social•381 days ago

To be fair, those are not mutually exclusive.

midnightpals.bsky.social•381 days ago

Herbert: let me explain my vision steve
Herbert: In a distant time
Herbert: And far away place
Herbert: The planet Arrakis floats deep in space
Herbert: Sky of three suns
Herbert: Land of precious spice
Herbert: The melange rush brought great houses at any price

paulwartenberg.bsky.social•381 days ago

Scalzi: Oh shit
Scalzi: King's gonna read from the Jaunt
Scalzi: This one's gonna give us nightmares
Herbert: Wait before we go there, let's talk about worm poop being the spice that powers the universe

paulwartenberg.bsky.social•381 days ago

Herbert: The spice MUST flow
Mary Shelley: You better be talking about pumpkin spice for my latte, bitch
Herbert: What did you think I based mélange on?
Shelley:
Shelley: Hey barista, pile on enough pumpkin spice so I can fold space

paulwartenberg.bsky.social•381 days ago

Heinlein: setting up a church should be no problem at Pinochet Gulch Asteroid 666, right?
L Ron Hubbard: beating you to that, Bob

johnsw.bsky.social•381 days ago

Lucian of Samosata invented science fiction and this is the hill I will die on.

darthhellokitty.bsky.social•381 days ago

And there’s another damn rabbit hole as the weekend coasts to an end.

boontonkat.bsky.social•381 days ago

Somebody call me?
(Edgar Allan Poe)

paulwartenberg.bsky.social•381 days ago

(insert classic image of Animal screaming NERDS at the camera)
https://tenor.com/view/nerds-mad-football-rage-gif-16650450

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