Five SFF Stories Featuring Truly Terrible Parents

[james_davis_nicoll]

Five SFF Stories Featuring Truly Terrible Parents

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[beamjockey]

Misread title as "Five SFF Stories Featuring Truly Terrible Patents." Tuck that away for a future column.

(I was once on a bizarre-patents panel with Howard Davidson and Jordin Kare. It was a million laughs.)

[(Anonymous)]

"...and that villain violated the licensing terms on my Patent-Alter-O-Mat and used it to change the inventor on my patent to himself!"
"I'm afraid that this may be a difficult case to win, sir."

Riderius

[fred_mouse]

Goodness, given the field, this must have been a tough pick :)

[scott_sanford]

It seems obligatory to mention the game U.S. Patent No. 1, in which the players have all invented time machines and are racing to get to the patent office first.