The Short Story in The United States

Choose either/or 1. What is the main tone of the story? What for? Exemplify? 2. Why is it science fiction? 3. What is your favorite author's comment? Why?

...Depois da V2 DDT PBX Ketchup K/7 Kleenex Kitchnet Duplex Twist again colourfull wonderfull Chegou o T2-T4 com garagem pró P2 turbo sound disco sound discussão? Video-Club joy stick midi high-tech squash e sauna Compact D (compre aqui?)... Ser Mãe era a aspiração natural de todo o homem moderno [Being a mother was the natural aspiration of every modern man] ser o melhor é normal para os novos pobres deste colégio [being the best is normal for the new poor of this boarding school] ter medo é a pulsão fundamental do criador e [to have fear is the fundamental impulse of the creator and] estar sóbrio é continuar permanecer [to be sober is to continue endure] ---E dantes as máquinas estavam sempre a [... And once upon a time the machines were always derailing...] Mas com uns pós modernos nada complicados [But with the post-moderns, who do not complicate at all] sentimo-nos realizados [we are fulfilled] Ah! Os pós modernos agarram a angústia [oh the postmoderns take anguis