They were sufficiently peripheral

This is funny. I think I agree with everyone, because it was rather silly, but as everyone else says it was also detached from everything else. It was a convincing Star Wars story that stood on its own. I loved it for having nothing to do with anyone named Skywalker.

Wow, dude, just wow.

Ha ha it's like everything, it makes no sense and we do it anyway and THEN we respond rationally and that's a life

Small dragon, small Treasure Type.

Yeah, I always liked Elmore the most, too. Loved him for his Dragonlance covers. Had a great Art of Dungeons & Dragons book in 84 or 85 that taught me all their names. Easley. Caldwell. Parkinson...

Oh, my people. I loved The Leftovers.

“Ode to a Spell Checker” (also sometimes called “Candidate for a Pullet Surprise” or “Eye Have a Spelling Checker”) - per Claude LLM

Sorry. I'm too afraid to comment.

Good God I actually forgot. I hate this timeline.

This is why I follow you

The first thing I saw by him was a short story about a mood-based economy. Fortress of Solitude was quite memorable too.

Oh damn now it's just playing on my head like a scratched CD that still doesn't skip

Ha ha. Gonna out myself as one of these geeks

All of mine are accounted for, thanks.