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Science fiction (dystopian) short story set after WWIII
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowScience fiction story set in true Bath about time travelLooking for Russian science-fiction short storyScience Fiction Short story collectionStory Identification: A Comic Book from 1970s about a Criminal trapped in Endless series of RoomsTrying to find a short story with a name like “Isabelle of the Fall”Science Fiction Short Story 1970s Love StoryScience Fiction Short Story about ESPA Twilight Zone book story name?Science fiction short story of mirror universesShort story about a man's bomb shelter in the Cold War
I am looking for the name of a short story that I read a long time ago - I remember the plot quite well but I don't know who wrote it and I can't find the title anywhere on Google.
So the story was set after a World War Three, people had understood that humankind couldn't do without violence, but in order to avoid any future global war, there was this kind of association to which people could subscribe. They were then allowed to use a gun and they had a target, another person, that they had to find and kill - at the same time, they could have been the target of someone else. Once they killed a "target" they would receive another one. Civilians that didn't want anything to do with it were left in peace, unharmed.The protagonist says he's very good and that he has killed many targets already; he gets a new one, a woman, of whom he eventually falls in love. He decides not to kill her, however at the end she is the one who kills him, since he was her target.
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I am looking for the name of a short story that I read a long time ago - I remember the plot quite well but I don't know who wrote it and I can't find the title anywhere on Google.
So the story was set after a World War Three, people had understood that humankind couldn't do without violence, but in order to avoid any future global war, there was this kind of association to which people could subscribe. They were then allowed to use a gun and they had a target, another person, that they had to find and kill - at the same time, they could have been the target of someone else. Once they killed a "target" they would receive another one. Civilians that didn't want anything to do with it were left in peace, unharmed.The protagonist says he's very good and that he has killed many targets already; he gets a new one, a woman, of whom he eventually falls in love. He decides not to kill her, however at the end she is the one who kills him, since he was her target.
Any ideas?
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I am looking for the name of a short story that I read a long time ago - I remember the plot quite well but I don't know who wrote it and I can't find the title anywhere on Google.
So the story was set after a World War Three, people had understood that humankind couldn't do without violence, but in order to avoid any future global war, there was this kind of association to which people could subscribe. They were then allowed to use a gun and they had a target, another person, that they had to find and kill - at the same time, they could have been the target of someone else. Once they killed a "target" they would receive another one. Civilians that didn't want anything to do with it were left in peace, unharmed.The protagonist says he's very good and that he has killed many targets already; he gets a new one, a woman, of whom he eventually falls in love. He decides not to kill her, however at the end she is the one who kills him, since he was her target.
Any ideas?
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I am looking for the name of a short story that I read a long time ago - I remember the plot quite well but I don't know who wrote it and I can't find the title anywhere on Google.
So the story was set after a World War Three, people had understood that humankind couldn't do without violence, but in order to avoid any future global war, there was this kind of association to which people could subscribe. They were then allowed to use a gun and they had a target, another person, that they had to find and kill - at the same time, they could have been the target of someone else. Once they killed a "target" they would receive another one. Civilians that didn't want anything to do with it were left in peace, unharmed.The protagonist says he's very good and that he has killed many targets already; he gets a new one, a woman, of whom he eventually falls in love. He decides not to kill her, however at the end she is the one who kills him, since he was her target.
Any ideas?
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
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@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
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@user1411 Thanks :)
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
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@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
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@user1411 Thanks :)
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
edited 1 hour ago
TheLethalCarrot
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answered 2 hours ago
Dosco JonesDosco Jones
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
2 hours ago
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
2 hours ago
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
edited 1 hour ago
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answered 2 hours ago
Dosco JonesDosco Jones
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
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answered 2 hours ago
Dosco JonesDosco Jones
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
2 hours ago
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
2 hours ago
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
2 hours ago
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
2 hours ago
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
2 hours ago
Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
2 hours ago
Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
2 hours ago
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
2 hours ago
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
2 hours ago
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
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@user1411 Thanks :)
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