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Shaggy God story
A shaggy God story is a minor science fiction genre characterized by an attempt to explain Biblical concepts with science fiction tropes. The term was coined by writer and critic Brian W. Aldiss in a pseudonymous column in the October 1965 issue of ''New Worlds''. The term is a pun on the concept of a shaggy dog story. A typical example of a shaggy God story would feature pair of astronauts landing on a lush and virgin world and in the last line their names are revealed as Adam and Eve. The television show ''The Twilight Zone'' utilized several versions of this, the most notable being "Probe 7, Over and Out". Another classic example is Isaac Asimov's 1956 short story "The Last Question" which ends with the protagonist supercomputer exclaiming "Let there be light!"
The creation of the term is often misattributed to Michael Moorcock. Moorcock edited the issue of ''New Worlds'' where Aldiss coined the term in a pseudonymous column. It has been suggested that many assumed Moorcock to be the author of the column. The issue was cleared up in an August 2004 David Langford column in ''SFX'' magazine.〔
==The genre as a cliché==
Brian Stableford notes in ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (2nd ed.) that "a considerable fraction" of stories submitted to science fiction magazines feature a male and female astronaut marooned on a habitable planet and “reveal (in the final line) that their names are Adam and Eve.”
The genre is also listed as a cliché in the Science Fiction Writers of America's Turkey City Lexicon〔()〕 and David Langford's SFX magazine column on same. Will Ferguson references the cliché extensively in his novel ''Generica'' (2001).
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