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Micro SF/F by O. Westin

A spaceship entered Earth's orbit and broadcast a message: "We are the Interstellar Library. Do you want to swap? We have thousands of stories." There were many replies. The library was silent for a whole day, then: "What do you mean, 'We have millions'?"

11/5/26, 8:57 pm149 reposts501 likes

@mjaum.bsky.social

I’m going to send it the Starship Alexandria books (never translated into english, I don’t think.) so it can learn by example to be a *better* library ship.

🏳️‍🌈Phantasmas🏳️‍🌈

@phantasmas.bsky.social

Amateurs!!

Steam Powered Cthulhu

@lostshadows.bsky.social

I still want to swap.

astriddistel.bsky.social

@astriddistel.bsky.social

Pan narrans, the story telling ape.

@levpetrovitch.bsky.social

Actually, I think that "millions" undersell us. Billions would be nearer to the truth.

@ericadler.bsky.social

Exactly. There are eight million stories in The Naked City alone, it said so right in the credits.

@ardismeade.northsky.social

They may have meant millions already in a transmissible format.

@levpetrovitch.bsky.social

Yes, that may very well be the case

@topsey.bsky.social

Our stories for their alien science and technology journals, perhaps with some of their DIY and "how to" thrown in. Seems like a fair trade to me

@purplehel.bsky.social

we have trillions, actually.*gestures at Ao3*