Ends

Ends is a collection of science fiction stories and poems by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Baen Books in 1988 and as a companion volume to Dickson's Beginnings. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Astounding, If, Galaxy Science Fiction, Destinies, Science Fiction Stories and Amazing Stories The poems first appeared in The Final Encyclopedia.

Contents

  • Foreword
  • "A Outrance"
  • "Computers Don’t Argue"
  • "By New Hearth Fires"
  • "Ancient, My Enemy"
  • "Turnabout"
  • "An Honorable Death"
  • "Lost Dorsai"
  • "Last Voyage"
  • "Call Him Lord"
  • "And Then There Was Peace"
  • "Whatever Gods There Be"
  • "Minotaur"
  • "Enter a Pilgrim"
  • "Armageddon"
  • References

  • Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
  • Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 332. ISBN 0-312-13486-X. 
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    by: Everlast

    Some people will rob their mother for the ends
    Rats snitch on one another for the ends
    Sometimes kids get murdered for the ends
    So before we go any further, I want my ends
    Cat named Darrell, he didn't have a dollar
    He was Harvard material, Ivy League scholar
    Had a Ph.D., had an M.B.A.
    But now he's waiting tables 'cause it's rent to pay
    Companies downsizing, inflation's rising
    Can't find a job, he's feeling kind of stressed
    Don't even feel the effects when he says
    Forgot to count how many times I've been blessed
    So falls off track, starts smoking the Crack
    And once it hits his brain, starts a chain react
    Sells the shirt off his back, shoes off his feet
    He's losing all his teeth, now he's out in the street
    And all of sudden he's like, Jesse James
    Trying to stick up kids for their watches and chains
    But he's from Business School, he's nervous with the tool
    So he ends up on his back in a bloody pool for the ends
    Some people will rob their mother for the ends
    Rats snitch on one another for the ends
    And sometimes kids get murdered for the ends
    So before we go any further, want my ends
    I knew this chick named Sally, she had a nice strut
    Everywhere that I went, she was on the cut
    Swinging that butt like place your ad here
    Only rapped the Benz and rocked the fly gear
    Brand name wearing, champagne waving
    Jewels around her neck, lotta style she's craving
    Ain't no saving, she's doing enough spending
    You do the lending, she'll do the bending
    Straight machine vending, it's money for take
    Shopping sprees get her on her knees
    Hit her with the keys of your crib, you acting funny
    Come home one day, find her counting out your money
    From the Wetlands to the way to the Apollo
    If you're broke she'll spit, you're rich
    She might swallow for the ends
    Some people will rob their mother for the ends
    The rats snitch on one another for the ends
    And sometimes kids get murdered for the ends
    So before we go any further, want my ends
    I knew those two homeboys, who made a lot of noise
    Making money on the block, kids was on they jock
    They were tougher than leather like Reverend Run
    DMC, they was toting guns
    And holdin' weight, goin' out of state
    Stackin' mad chips and pushin' phat whips
    Fly jewels, golds, got no job
    And one disappeared, one got robbed for the ends
    Some people will rob their mother for the ends
    The rats snitch on one another for the ends
    And sometimes kids get murdered for the ends
    So before we go any further, I want my ends
    I said, I want my ends
    Some people will rob their mother for the ends
    Rats snitch on one another for the ends




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