Lucifer's Hammer
By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Ultra-Condensed by David J. Parker
Tim Hamner
I've discovered a comet.
Scientists
The comet will come close to us.
Tim Hamner
Will it hit us?
Scientists
Nah.
(The comet HITS them, and civilization is DESTROYED.)
Scientists
Oops.
THE END
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