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Science fiction (dystopian) short story set after WWIII
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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?
story-identification short-stories
edited Mar 28 at 22:27
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asked Mar 28 at 22:24
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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?
story-identification short-stories
edited Mar 28 at 22:27
TheLethalCarrot
50.2k20273317
asked Mar 28 at 22:24
sci-fi readersci-fi reader
583
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?
story-identification short-stories
story-identification short-stories
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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 Mar 28 at 22:52
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:30
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@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
Mar 28 at 22:35
@user1411 Thanks :)
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
edited Mar 28 at 22:52
TheLethalCarrot
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answered Mar 28 at 22:27
Dosco JonesDosco Jones
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:30
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@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
Mar 28 at 22:35
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:40
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Sounds like The Seventh Victim by Robert Sheckley.
Your description matches my memory of the short story.
edited Mar 28 at 22:52
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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
Mar 28 at 22:30
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@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
Mar 28 at 22:35
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:40
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Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:30
1
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
Mar 28 at 22:35
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:40
Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:30
Yes it's that one! Thank you very much!
– sci-fi reader
Mar 28 at 22:30
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@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
Mar 28 at 22:35
@sci-fireader You can read the story at archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1953-04/Galaxy_1953_04#page/…
– user14111
Mar 28 at 22:35
@user1411 Thanks :)
– sci-fi reader
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@user1411 Thanks :)
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