Disturbing stories not letting me sleep

[wolfieboy]

I'm catching up on reading all the Short Story and Novella Hugo Award winners. Earlier today, I read Press Enter ▊ by John Varley. All of John Varley's stuff is good and all of it is a bit off. His stuff has affected me oddly before. Unfortunately, this time, how it is affecting me is not letting me sleep. The entire story is disturbing but it

Comments

[woggie]

I completely understand your sleep-dep issues, even if it's not with the same thing. :)

[scottscidmore]

It's from 1984, just after Demon, and is based around computers &ct. Good story, but depressing.

[craigp]

yeah; i watched southpark's "sex ed" episode last night, and i couldn't sleep. something about that part where the mr hankey guy teaches the kindergarteners how to put a condom on a dildo... sans hands.

[anansi133]

A few weeks ago, I came away from a Starcraft session convinced that I was running malicious code picked up from the screen.

It makes me wonder if the technology described in Snowcrash isn't farther along than anyone has admitted.

[skydancer]

One of my favorite Varley stories is Millineum. A time travel story told primarily from two viewpoints--and a lovely twist at the end.

The book was also made into a movie of the same name...screenplay by Varley. Quite well done, but it didn't have the same twisty end...

[elfric]

My absolute favorite Varley (and one of my top-ten favorite books ever) is Steel Beach. Varley is definitely one of my favorite authors, primarily because his imagination is so wild. I love his ideas and his writing is damn good also.