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20th century American writer
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blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction
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lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union
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critical liberal intellectual
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honorary president of the American Humanist Association
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known for his humanist beliefs
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eight rules for writing a short story:
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Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
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Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
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Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
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Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
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Start as close to the end as possible.
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No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
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Write to please just one person.
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Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense.
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goddess
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paradoxically both invisible and pink
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supernatural beliefs are arbitrary
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inability to disprove
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mutually exclusive attributes
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because she is invisible, no one can prove that she does not exist (or indeed that she is not pink)
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The Invisible Pink Unicorn is an illustration which attempts to demonstrate the absurdity of citing attributes and a lack of evidence as proof of a deity's existence.
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Her two defining attributes, invisibility and color (pink), are inconsistent and contradictory; this is part of the satire.
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The paradox of something being invisible yet having visible characteristics (e.g., color)
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There are humorous mock debates amongst her "followers" concerning her other attributes, such as whether she is completely invisible, or invisible to most, but visible to those who have faith in her
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Some arguments are quite elaborate and tortuous, satirizing the disputatiousness and intricacy of the theological debates that occur in many religions
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