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Let's play "Lemmy Guess" (self.printsf)

submitted 2 years ago by troyunrau to c/printsf

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Paste a passage from your favourite speculative fiction, replacing all the proper nouns with "Lemmy". Then I'll try to guess where it came from without using google :)

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[–] troyunrau 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hard mode activated:

“Because it wasn’t in the news. A managed democracy is a wonderful thing, Lemmy, for the managers . . . and its greatest strength is a ‘free press’ when ‘free’ is defined as ‘responsible’ and the managers define what is ‘irresponsible.’ Do you know what Lemmy needs most?”

“More ice.”

“A new system that does not bottleneck through one channel. Our friend Lemmy is our greatest danger.”

“Huh? Don’t you trust Lemmy?”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kind of sounds like 1984 again.

[–] troyunrau 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's definitely political science fiction. But perhaps it would help if I told you one of the "Lemmy" replacements was the proper noun "Luna" --> Do you know what Luna needs most?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Given the moon is involved, possibly something by Asimov?

[–] troyunrau 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is not Asimov, but it is one of his peers -- another giant of science fiction of the era.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Heinlein?

[–] troyunrau 1 points 2 years ago

Winner! Here have some rice. I launched it by railgun. Maybe, uh, don't stand there when it lands.

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