I don't remember neither the author, nor the name of the story. The plot of it, however, I can describe.
A man figures out that a certain stadium does not host real football matches with players and fans — instead, heavily guarded loudspeakers are producing the screams and shouts of the crowd, and so on.
Later he shares his newly acquired knowledge with a bartender (or was it somebody else?)... And disappears.
Who wrote this, what is the name of it and when was it written? Thank you indeed.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Wasn't that that Voyager ep with The Rock? 8)
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Sounds like Jerry Springer to me Posted by Hrungnir (Member # 774) on :
Thanks a lot, good men.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Oh, hang in there Hrungnir old fruit, someone'll recognise it sooner or later. . .
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
First of all, was it a short story or a novel? If the former, did you read it in a magazine, or an anthology, or somewhere else?
Posted by Hrungnir (Member # 774) on :
It was a rather short story in an anthology. American science fiction, I believe.
However, I read it in Russian about 15 years ago, when American and British authors were published under one cover as "capitalists"
Sol System: Would it make sense to paste this post where your link leads to?
[ January 30, 2002, 00:01: Message edited by: Hrungnir ]
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I really doubt it. The Sci-Fi Channel's boards are not exactly the braintrust of the genre.
You could try asking in rec.arts.sf.written, though, if you have Usenet access.
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