Comments on: Sneak Preview: Love Thy Neighbors by Ken Liu

By: Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury

Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:37:43 +0000

Jake Kerr I hope you have a funny story and break unfunny trend…don’t see why my name so deserving…very common Spanish names….but maybe Spanish makes you laugh

By: Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury

Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:35:35 +0000

Agree different people find different stuff funny…so asked me coworkers today and most agreed the blurbs were not funny….one of them recognized a hollowtip bullet pun they saw on CSI Miami…but no one could find any other jokes in any story….could be just the editor picked the wrong stories or blurbs to put up…who knows….it just seems more like “science fiction writers trying to be funny” instead of “funny science fiction”…i hope other stories change this idea in my head…but i have been saying this since first sample blurb posted and i yet so see even a small bit of funny…

By: Jake Kerr

Jake Kerr — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:47:58 +0000

While I may not be an expert on humor, I fully expect that this story by Jake Kerr may be the absolute funniest story ever written. I am surprised that these UFO publisher people are not releasing defibrillator paddles with the story since some people will obviously suffer heart attacks from laughing so hard. In fact, I daresay that if Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury–a name that absolutely deserves to be in a story in some form or fashion, I must say–does not find Jake Kerr’s story funny, he may be missing some kind of humor chromosome.

Oh, and while Ken Liu’s story is, indeed, quite hilarious. It is not nearly as death-defyingly funny as Jake Kerr’s piece.

By: Alex Shvartsman

Alex Shvartsman — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:33:15 +0000

It’s certainly a matter of taste. I don’t expect that most people will find *every* story funny, given the variety of voices and styles we’re hoping to offer. It’s also difficult to convey the humor of any given story in a short excerpt.

Very soon now (in about a week or so) we’ll be posting a complete story by Jake Kerr. Let’s see if that one might be more to your liking.

By: Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury

Santiago Rodrigo-Sudbury — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:07:38 +0000

I like Ken Liu’s previous stories plenty….gotta say this not really funny at all….none of the other stories you posted were funny either…not wanting to sound rude, but just my opinion.