[PW] Re: looking for a short sci fi story

John P. Dyson dyson at indiana.edu
Wed Dec 6 07:34:51 PST 2006


Quoting Rboconoresq at aol.com:

>        Well, it's not about a composer but it is (kinda) sci-fi.  And it IS
> the shortest short story ever written--its by Hemingway:
>
>                 The last man in the world was alone in a room.  There
>                  was a knock at the door.


"El dinosaurio" by Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso, from LA OVEJA 
NEGRA Y OTRAS FABULAS (The Black Sheep and Other Fables) : "Cuando 
despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.” (When he awoke, the 
dinosaur was still there.)

John Dyson
Spanish and Portuguese
Indiana University



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