From the Onion:

Science-Fiction Novel Posits Future Where Characters Are Hastily Sketched

OREGON CITY, OR — Science-fiction author Morgan Richards announced Monday completion of his long-awaited novel, Zeppelins Of Phobos. The swashbuckling tale of the battle for control of the solar system depicts a terrifying future filled with virtually indistinguishable characters who only communicate through stilted and shallow dialogue. “I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of the two-dimensional, almost caricatured human race spreading to nearby planets,” said Richards in the April/May issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. “I wanted to capture the sense of adventure, lust, and peril that these characters would feel, along with their utter lack of social context or emotional complexity.” Richards said the very nature of his characters demanded that they live in the unlikely, unrealistic, and overly cinematic society he painstakingly details in the book.

I could link to the piece, but since I’ve already quoted the whole thing, instead I’ll link to “It's Funny How What You're Saying Relates To My Novel.”

(P.S. Morgan Richards, eh? Dare I suspect that someone doesn’t share Hannah’s liking for Richard Morgan?)