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11-08-2011, 11:22 PM
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So a long time ago I read a short story that I want to reread. I'm not sure who the author is although I'm guessing its someone like Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan Ellison, etc
The story is about a man who is watching his younger brother as he graduates school. His brother is about 12 years old and after school ends they have a field day because they become part of the working class of society afterwards. This is their last time to run around, play games, and have fun.
Unfortunately this is a dystopian future. Since people do very little actual physical movement as part of their societal functions their bodies slowly atrophy. The main character is wheelchair bound and has plastic tubes for veins in his legs. I believe they describe the father to have atrophied so much that he was just a brain in a jar living in the apartment.
The main character sees the kids running and longs to be among them, as he dislikes his existence. So he decides to get up and join them and as he's running his plastic veins and other artificial parts are falling apart until his heart, having been weakened from a sedentary existence, explodes in his chest. He dies pretty happy.
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11-09-2011, 12:01 AM
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11-09-2011, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Atoz I can't help you with the title, but whatever it is, I want to read it. | +1. Sounds great. |
11-09-2011, 10:13 AM
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11-09-2011, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Atoz I can't help you with the title, but whatever it is, I want to read it. | This.
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11-09-2011, 10:53 AM
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11-09-2011, 12:03 PM
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11-10-2011, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mellowinman | Not it. I'm talking like 30 years ago. Minimum.
I've a passion for old sci fi, or, as Theodore Sturgeon penned it: Scientific Fiction. Unfortunately, this means I've read far far too much and I can't track it down. This is compounded by my giving away hundreds of books every year.
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11-10-2011, 12:46 AM
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but yeah... sounds like a great story!
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11-10-2011, 05:37 AM
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11-10-2011, 08:05 AM
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11-10-2011, 08:14 AM
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11-11-2011, 11:25 AM
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I'm thinking that its Harlan Ellison for some reason. Anyone here have a copy of The Beast Who Shouted Love At The Heart of the World? Is it the short story "Run for the Stars?"
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11-11-2011, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric Not it. I'm talking like 30 years ago. Minimum.
I've a passion for old sci fi, or, as Theodore Sturgeon penned it: Scientific Fiction. Unfortunately, this means I've read far far too much and I can't track it down. This is compounded by my giving away hundreds of books every year. |
One of the stories in there, the one called The Exploding Heart is from the early seventies, which, by my calculations, is over thirty years ago.
And it's a short story about an exploding heart.
Worth looking into.
I spent a long time searching, and didn't find anything else.
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11-11-2011, 11:41 AM
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I have no idea what the story is, but it sounds like something David R. Bunch might have come up with. David R. Bunch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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11-11-2011, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mellowinman One of the stories in there, the one called The Exploding Heart is from the early seventies, which, by my calculations, is over thirty years ago.
And it's a short story about an exploding heart.
Worth looking into.
I spent a long time searching, and didn't find anything else. | What author/book?
I also had tons of old copies of S&SF, so it might've been in one of those. Maybe I should send them an email.
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Originally Posted by THand Really, what I keep thinking is:
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11-11-2011, 12:10 PM
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If you're really into sci-fi, you should check out Ender's Game. |
11-11-2011, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by THand Really, what I keep thinking is:
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11-11-2011, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by GeneralElectric Read it when I was kid. | Well.... there you go. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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