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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] peto@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It is (I hope) an original. Though the form "my grandfather would tell stories" might be bordering on cliché.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I have a feeling that I read this before somewhere

Especially the "Back when the sky was blue" part

[–] glizzard@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It just feels like some dystopian, Bradbury-type implication

[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Reminded me of his story All Summer in a Day, actually.

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean he's got a story about people living on Venus

[–] glizzard@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

Yup. Exactly the one I was thinking of.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I'd be surprised if I'm the first person to say it. If you find your source though, let me know, would be interested in reading it.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

It is (I hope) an original

Haha, that's a big mood.