Clive Thompson on Nostr: In a chat with my brother-in-law just now he sent me a meme that uses the duel Kirk ...

In a chat with my brother-in-law just now he sent me a meme that uses the duel Kirk has with the Gorn ...

... which reminded me of the 1944 sci fi story upon which it was based, "Arena" ...

... which I just found online and reread, and it's fascinating to revisit: https://userweb.ucs.louisiana.edu/~jjl5766/share/Arena.pdf