First short story in the 'CSlueth files' series. Note: This is purely a work of fiction! 1. The dead body Wednesday, Chalmers tekniska hogskola, 6:30 PM He had just walked out of the classroom in the V building. For the past forty five minutes he had been coding an exciting dynamic systems simulation after having completed a late and rather boring simulation exercises session class. He had to take the road in front of the Chalmers Bibliotek library as he wanted to meet a friend staying nearby. As he walked past the Information Sciences department building there was a gust of cold winter wind that struck his face and he raised the collars of this jacket, sinking in his chin into its warm, furry interiors. It was December and it would get dark really early. It was dark now and hardly anyone else around. He hummed a tune as he ran up the flight of stairs, the library was at an elevated level from the V building. He found himself humming some r...
The story is written well and not like the unintelligible(not sure if this is the right word) 'concept boundary'(it was written to be outside the boundary).The thoughts are really good and looking into the future very well.Cyber was a interesting character.I like the way how u narrated people reacting at different situations.Ex:'His wife stared at him as if ashamed at the imbecility of the whole thing
ReplyDeleteand kept nibbling nonchalantly, also stuffing some bits into her son's mouth, now and
then'.RFID tag stuff was good.Anti-Radio helmet + mobiles at 2025 doesn't seem good.At such an advanced age people should be wearing nothing extra. But overall the story is not strong'Kahani mein Dum nahi hai'.Looking forward for a very dumdaar story.Wonderful narration, language and the style.No complaints at all.
--Amrut
I didn't find this disturbing at all and I don't think it falls in the category of dark humour, maybe in the supernatural; I can relate this to the film "Omen".
ReplyDeleteAmrut: I understand what you mean by 'dum nahi hai' I too felt the same. I guess its an effect - as I was trying my hand at an alternate genre for the first time ...
ReplyDeleteSandeep: Supernatural? But I did not mean it to be so ... ! It is bizarre but supposed to convey the bizarre life that people lead nowadays.
Amrut : 'Wonderful narration, language and the style.No complaints at all'
ReplyDeleteThanks - should improve on that.
Sandeep: How was it related to 'Omen' ? I have not seen it ...
Gregory Peck is the ambassador to the United States who's wife has a stillborn child. Without her knowledge, he substitutes another baby as theirs. A few years go by, and then grisly deaths begin to happen. The child's nanny hangs herself and a priest is speared to death in a freak accident. It turns out the child is the son of Satan and can only be killed with the seven daggers of Meggado.
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