[QUOTE=Aspidistra]
Have to bump this because #87 just hit me like a ton of bricks:
“I am still King.” - Thagdal, as the waters of the Med Basin flood close over his head
:smack:
(the smackie’s for me, because I quoted another line from the xact same series without getting this in the meantime)
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Correct ! In fact, it was your mention of the series that reminded me of Thagdal’s death.
[QUOTE=Der Trihs]
Correct ! In fact, it was your mention of the series that reminded me of Thagdal’s death.
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Heh. I really wanted to use “But we’ve yielded!” (Celadyr of Afaliah before getting gunned down) but it doesn’t really fit since it turns out the zappers were only set to stun.
[QUOTE=The Sonoran Lizard King]
From memory, Nicolai Leng from a Bruce Sterling short story…
But I recently sold most of my SF, so… Google sez— BRB.
OK, it seems I have the name right, and The story’s Twenty Evocations.
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Ding! Ding! DING!! We have a winnah! (I love this board!)
I started from memory also, and had to look up Bruce (“Oh my freaking Gawd his laundry list could be the best thing I read this year”) Sterling on Wiki to confirm the character name.
[hijack]Twenty Evocations really stays with me over the years. Although it’s not “last words”, I vividly remember reading the “chapter” where someone is trying to ransom Leng’s childhood teacher - an AI program. “Why do you think an AI has any abstract value?” Leng asks the kidnapper.
84: “Come back, you fools! Dogs aren’t dangerous! Come back and fight!” (another one that may or may not be actual last words in life, but last words before an essentially hopeless situation).
[QUOTE=Pushkin]
It isn’t the officer from Day of the Dead is it? I have that on tape from a coworker, but I’ve not had a chance to watch it all yet.
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[SPOILER] Yep, that was him.
Funny thing about that flick…ol’ Cap’n Rhodes is a thoroughgoing scumbag all through the action, but he meets his demise with real class, using his last breath to roar out a man’s defiance at his unworthy vanquishers.[/SPOILER]
[QUOTE=Lust4Life]
(New Orleans detective)Your going to burn for this boy!
(Mickey Rourke)Oh yes I’m going to burn alright.(Not verbatim)
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I think this is essentially the same ending as for Shodan’s post (#80 - Angel Heart), but I think the character is actually *Harry * Angel, not Johnny Angel