Comments on 'A Godawful Small Affair'"I want to move to Mars, and open up a bar," Gregor said.
Matti inhaled deeply, and let a cloud of pale blue smoke surround his head.
"What would you call it?" Matti said.
"Moonage Daydream." Gregor said.
They sat together on a crumbling balcony, exposed rebar and radioactive dust, and waited for the rocket, three miles distant, to launch.
"What's it mean?" Matti said. He flicked the butt of his cigarette over the edge, and watched it fall out of sight.
"It's the title of an old song," Gregor looked past the rocket, to a horizon he knew he'd never cross, "from about a hundred years ago."
"Nobody's going to get it. Why would you pick something that old?"
"Because back then," Gregor said, "people had hope."
The ground shook, and they watched the rocket climb into the sky. 2008-03-13T01:33:02Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/19671Comment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>A ridiculously good story. I love the bit about hope.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=479942008-03-13T01:33:02Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>I am embarrassed and ashamed to say that I am a Bowie fan (heck, a music fan in general), and I am not familiar with that song.<br /><strong>accepts appropriate beating humbly</strong><br />I enjoyed the story, and I love the last line. Wonderful job!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=477672008-03-12T13:52:06ZCapital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus)http://ficlets.com/authors/capital_w_writerComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Luckily I am a country music fan so David Bowie is not stuck in my head lol Thats a pretty deep piece Wil. Makes me also think of what is going on with the melting of the ice caps up north, and reminds me of a book I read in school yrs ago, 1984. Excellent work my friend =)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=422432008-02-19T06:53:30ZGarreth http://ficlets.com/authors/gouramiComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Blood Red sky,I always wondered that too.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=409592008-02-14T02:09:16ZI LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!!http://ficlets.com/authors/manic_panicComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>I really liked the last line. Cool story!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=399772008-02-09T23:41:07Zflute faeriehttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061Comment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>nice. :)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=396132008-02-08T20:35:34Zinvisibility_disabilityhttp://ficlets.com/authors/invisible_storiesComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>i don’t know that song, suprise suprise. let alone who this David Bowie is that everybody has mentioned in their comment.<br />oh well.<br />but i liked this nonetheless=]</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=394102008-02-08T00:25:12ZOne Time, One Chancehttp://ficlets.com/authors/one_chanceComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Love this. You should definitely write published fiction in the future. And as previous commenters have noted, David Bowie is now stuck in my head.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=388342008-02-05T02:07:18ZJeanne Shadehttp://ficlets.com/authors/j_shadeComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>This wormed its way into my brain, and wouldn’t let go.</p>
<p>There’s something very awesome about that.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=382832008-02-02T08:46:39Zkjanewayhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kjanewayComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>what does LoA mean</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=380902008-02-01T18:22:07ZBlood Red Skyhttp://ficlets.com/authors/bloodredskyComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>very good</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=380602008-02-01T16:32:25ZI LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!!http://ficlets.com/authors/manic_panicComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Nicely done. Thanks for posting a link on your blog for it.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=380572008-02-01T16:21:52ZJustin Lymnerhttp://ficlets.com/authors/justinlymnerComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Hmm.. intersesting. I liked this and how it’s a conversation! Nice job.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=379552008-02-01T02:22:50Z.:band baby:.http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbabyComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Great story ! I am really looking forward to more Fiction from you.<br />Oh and thanks for introducing me to Ficlet.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=378492008-01-31T22:07:09ZSturekhttp://ficlets.com/authors/sturekComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>It’s a god awful small affair to the girl with the mousey hair…</p>
<p>Great story, Wil!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=378482008-01-31T21:44:51ZUser 7624http://ficlets.com/authors/user_7624Comment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Very moody Wil, I like it! Kind of made me think of those space-drama animes like Cowboy Bebop (and I mean this in the best way possible).</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=378152008-01-31T20:44:05ZM. Fotinakis~Η Φοτιςμένη~http://ficlets.com/authors/enlightenedoneComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>I like that Matti’s first question was as to the name of the bar, rather than, say “why?” <br />Well deserving of fiveosity.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=377102008-01-31T16:39:57ZWhite Hathttp://ficlets.com/authors/whitehatComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>kickass and deliciously weird, to say the least.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=376682008-01-31T05:48:39ZSary Norehttp://ficlets.com/authors/braindropsComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Keep your mouth shut,<br />you’re squawking like a pink monkey bird<br />And I’m busting up my brains for the words</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375272008-01-30T21:03:59Zstylorougehttp://ficlets.com/authors/stylorougeComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>damnit, david bowie is going to be singing in my head <em>all day</em> now. not to mention a few naughty moonage fantasies. interesting play on the ziggy stardust thing.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375242008-01-30T20:52:10ZNouvelle Bardothttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_bardotComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>damnit, david bowie is going to be singing in my head <em>all day</em> now. not to mention a few naughty moonage fantasies. interesting play on the ziggy stardust thing.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375232008-01-30T20:51:42ZNouvelle Bardothttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_bardotComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Great atmosphere. Couldn’t help myself.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375132008-01-30T20:09:39ZWill Hindmarchhttp://ficlets.com/authors/wordstudioComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>And visions of David Bowie, John Simm, and Philip Glenister began to dance in my head… awesome.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375042008-01-30T19:48:51ZEckhousehttp://ficlets.com/authors/eckhouseComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Most excellent. I give it 4 & 1/2 out of 5 blasted womp rats.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375022008-01-30T19:40:30ZJ. Dackhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jdackComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>I guess Major Tom was in the ship :p</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=375012008-01-30T19:26:54ZHobo Beard Bobhttp://ficlets.com/authors/hobo_beard_bobComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Thanks! I’ve been listening to Ziggy Stardust like crazy, and also reading some post-apocalypse SF, so I put the two together.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=374972008-01-30T19:06:04ZWil Wheatonhttp://ficlets.com/authors/wilwheatonComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Great sci-fi ficlet, ‘Hope’.. good ending. Enjoyable characters, cool conversation, nostalgic of the past.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=374962008-01-30T19:03:39ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on A Godawful Small Affair<p>Damnit now I’m going to have that song in my head all day. Great story. Wistful. Makes me curious to find out when and how they lost hope.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/19671?basename=374952008-01-30T19:03:00ZMeliahttp://ficlets.com/authors/melia