A Fuzzy Thing Happened…

Posted on June 28, 2023 by JE

Typo of the day is trible (where I intended to type tribe).

It caused me a little trouble.

Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Science Officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Chief Engineer Scott (James Doohan), and a buttload of tribbles.
“Time is an illusion, captain. Lunch-time doubly so.”
photo: a cartoon by Tim Kirk of two tribbles with dog-Latin names: FUZZICUS GRAVIDIS and TRIBBLEUS PREGNANTUM text: from David Gerrold's book THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES; opening of chapter five, "A Fuzzy Thing Happened to Me..."
p. 71 of David Gerrold’s The Trouble With Tribbles,
whence I stole the joke at the top of this post;
cartoon by Tim Kirk

About JE

James Enge is the author of the World-Fantasy-Award-nominated novel Blood of Ambrose (Pyr, April 2009). His latest book is The Wide World's End. His short fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and elsewhere.
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