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The name comes from the computer UsefulNotes/{{programming language|s}} BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. The title is a reference to a quote from Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.

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The name comes from the computer UsefulNotes/{{programming MediaNotes/{{programming language|s}} BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. The title is a reference to a quote from Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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The name comes from the computer programming language BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. The title is a reference to a quote from Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.

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The name comes from the computer programming language UsefulNotes/{{programming language|s}} BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. The title is a reference to a quote from Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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* VillainProtagonist: The point of the entire anthology, and the narrator, despite her FreudianExcuse, seems to have no no redeeming qualities at all, apart from scientific skill.

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* VillainProtagonist: The point of the entire anthology, and the narrator, despite her FreudianExcuse, seems to have no have no redeeming qualities at all, apart from scientific skill.
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


* KillEmAll: Sometimes more than once. WordOfGod has it that despite- or perversely because of this, there will be a sequel.

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Commented out ZC Es.


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* BrownNote: The Jordanian glyph.
* {{Determinator}}: Jones.
* CrazyCulturalComparison: [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Jethro Tull on a desert island?]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Eric, Osborn, and Fargo.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Anna and her friends. By the end of the book could be considered a case of BlessedWithSuck.

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* %%* BrownNote: The Jordanian glyph.
* %%* {{Determinator}}: Jones.
* %%* CrazyCulturalComparison: [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Jethro Tull on a desert island?]]
* %%* DeadpanSnarker: Eric, Osborn, and Fargo.
* %%* DisabilitySuperpower: Anna and her friends. By the end of the book could be considered a case of BlessedWithSuck.



* GhostlyGoals: Averted.
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Eric

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* %%* GhostlyGoals: Averted.
* %%* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Eric



* IntriguedByHumanity: Just not all of it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Osborn. Stated in the afterword to be an AuthorAvatar.

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* %%* IntriguedByHumanity: Just not all of it.
* %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Osborn. Stated in the afterword to be an AuthorAvatar.



* {{Necromancer}}: [[spoiler: Eric, the narrator]]
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted.

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* %%* {{Necromancer}}: [[spoiler: Eric, the narrator]]
* %%* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted.



* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: Graceland]]

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* %%* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: Graceland]]



--> '''Narrator:''' Everything was going to shit faster than our organic [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas toga]]-and-[[IWantMyJetpack jetpack]] dreams could be realized--sectarian violence on the streets, facile drones in the workplace, a constant hum and whine of half-realized wireless infrastructure.

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--> '''Narrator:''' Everything was going to shit faster than our organic [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas toga]]-and-[[IWantMyJetpack jetpack]] dreams could be realized--sectarian violence on the streets, facile drones in the workplace, a constant hum and whine of half-realized wireless infrastructure.infrastructure.

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* MagnificentBastard: Said verbatim about H&M.

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The name comes from the computer programming language BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. It quotes Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.

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The name comes from the computer programming language BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. It quotes The title is a reference to a quote from Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[{{Ghostapo}} Huysman]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[{{Ghostapo}} Huysman]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen [[TheGhost Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.
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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. Creator/JessGulbranson second trope-conscious novel.

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''A Boot Stomping a Human Face Forever'' -- Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. Creator/JessGulbranson second trope-conscious novel.
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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. [[JessGulbranson Jess Gulbranson's]] second trope-conscious novel.

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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. [[JessGulbranson Jess Gulbranson's]] Creator/JessGulbranson second trope-conscious novel.
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A connected short story, "HeLa, HeLa" was published in the [[http://www.amazon.com/Writings-On-Wall-Seven-Archons/dp/0988314606 ''Writings on the Wall'' anthology]] and serves as a bridge to the forthcoming [[AfterTheEnd true sequel]].

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A connected short story, "HeLa, HeLa" "[=HeLa=], [=HeLa=]" was published in the [[http://www.amazon.com/Writings-On-Wall-Seven-Archons/dp/0988314606 ''Writings on the Wall'' anthology]] and serves as a bridge to the forthcoming [[AfterTheEnd true sequel]].



!!The "HeLa, HeLa" short provides examples of:

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!!The "HeLa, HeLa" "[=HeLa=], [=HeLa=]" short provides examples of:



* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[{{Ghostapo Huysman}}]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[{{Ghostapo Huysman}}]] [[{{Ghostapo}} Huysman]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[Ghostapo Huysman]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[Ghostapo Huysman]] [[{{Ghostapo Huysman}}]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.well.
* MagnificentBastard: Said verbatim about H&M.
* CrapsackWorld: Despite the narrator's exaggerated misanthropy, this certainly seems to be the case.
--> '''Narrator:''' Everything was going to shit faster than our organic [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas toga]]-and-[[IWantMyJetpack jetpack]] dreams could be realized--sectarian violence on the streets, facile drones in the workplace, a constant hum and whine of half-realized wireless infrastructure.
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A connected short story, "HeLa, HeLa" was published in the [[http://www.amazon.com/Writings-On-Wall-Seven-Archons/dp/0988314606 ''Writings on the Wall'' anthology]] and serves as a bridge to the forthcoming [[AfterTheEnd true sequel]].



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!!The "HeLa, HeLa" short provides examples of:

* VillainProtagonist: The point of the entire anthology, and the narrator, despite her FreudianExcuse, seems to have no no redeeming qualities at all, apart from scientific skill.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Dropped on the first page:
--> '''Narrator:''' ...became a non-issue when I went back east on a scholarship when I was fifteen. By the time I finished school and murdered my father, I didn't have much reason to go home...
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied with [[Ghostapo Huysman]] and [[WarriorPoet MacManus]], and [[TheUnseen Sentinel]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Osborn]] are mentioned as well.

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* FridgeBrilliance: IT sophisticates generally claim that [[SeriousBusiness exposure to BASIC causes irreversible brain damage]]... yep, even the ''title'' of this work is a BrownNote.
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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. [[JessGulbranson Jess Gulbranson's]] second trope-conscious novel.

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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. [[JessGulbranson Jess Gulbranson's]] second trope-conscious novel.
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* GhostlyGoals: Averted.

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* GhostlyGoals: Averted.



* LiteraryAllusionTitle: From ''NineteenEightyFour''.

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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: From ''NineteenEightyFour''.''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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The name comes from the computer programming language BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. It quotes George Orwell's NineteenEightyFour.

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The name comes from the computer programming language BASIC, in which it originally required each line to start with a number. The term "GOTO 10" will go back to the line starting with the number 10, which, since there is no way to break out of the loop, would continue forever. It quotes George Orwell's NineteenEightyFour.
Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. Jess Gulbranson's second trope-conscious novel.

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Actual title ''10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10''. A non-winning entry in 2009's 3-Day Novel contest, picked up by Australian publisher [[http://www.LegumeMan.com Legume Man Books]] and released in April 2010. [[JessGulbranson Jess Gulbranson's Gulbranson's]] second trope-conscious novel.

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