Timeline for 60s(?) short SF story: a scientist's head is implanted in a console to help mankind after a nuclear war
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| S Apr 6, 2023 at 8:09 | history | bounty ended | Danny Mc G | ||
| S Apr 6, 2023 at 8:09 | history | notice removed | Danny Mc G | ||
| Apr 6, 2023 at 8:09 | vote | accept | Danny Mc G | ||
| Apr 6, 2023 at 7:24 | answer | added | John Rennie | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 4, 2023 at 4:14 | comment | added | Danny Mc G | Yeah, third person iirc | |
| Apr 4, 2023 at 3:08 | comment | added | Occam Shave | Hey Danny! Is it told in the third person? Something that complex you'd think so, but might as well be sure. Is it closer to the year 2000 than 1900? I am surprised at the grisly tales harking back to, well, much closer to 1900. Lots 1930s and 1940s. Later than 1980s? | |
| Apr 1, 2023 at 15:03 | comment | added | Occam Shave | Hi Danny, we're racking our still-connected brains. If you can't find it, it's looking pretty difficult! The only disconnected-head story I remember is a man who collects all his memories, and tells the woman in charge of some device "I'll see you later", and she says, "No, I'll be seeing you later." Which means she'll be seeing his preserved brain. | |
| Apr 1, 2023 at 14:18 | comment | added | Spencer | It feels like you've conflated something with Harlan Ellison's "A Boy and His Dog" -- have you tried the prequel and followup stories "Eggsucker" and "Run, Spot, Run"? | |
| Apr 1, 2023 at 13:23 | history | edited | Danny Mc G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2023 at 13:21 | comment | added | releseabe | The idea of removing a head/brain and keeping it alive crops up a lot in science fiction between, say, 1950 and 1970 (I am not sure of the years). I believe actually head transplant research started around that time - I have vague memories of one of those science fact shows, like 21sr Century (Walter Cronkite) actually showing this kind of unpleasantness. Not that there is a not an actual application, but I am hoping we have better ways of unparalyzing people than a "body"/head transplant soon. | |
| Apr 1, 2023 at 10:24 | history | edited | Danny Mc G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 31, 2023 at 14:59 | history | edited | Danny Mc G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 31, 2023 at 14:03 | comment | added | Stanley Webb | The story's themes seem awfully dark for most writers from the 1960s; perhaps this is something by Harlan Ellison? | |
| S Mar 31, 2023 at 9:56 | history | bounty started | Danny Mc G | ||
| S Mar 31, 2023 at 9:56 | history | notice added | Danny Mc G | Draw attention | |
| Mar 31, 2023 at 9:54 | history | edited | Danny Mc G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2020 at 19:34 | comment | added | Danny Mc G | @Covertwalrus it has some similarities yes! I went looking through the works of Henry Speaker (the author) in case it had been modified and toned down before broadcast - no luck however. | |
| Oct 17, 2020 at 9:54 | comment | added | Covertwalrus | Sopund sliek a twiseted variant on the "Twilight Zone" story, "The Old Man In The Cave". | |
| Oct 17, 2020 at 8:01 | history | edited | Danny Mc G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 17, 2020 at 2:28 | comment | added | Buzz | Whatever the story is, it sounds vile. | |
| Oct 17, 2020 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/1317254129383837696 | ||
| Oct 16, 2020 at 20:58 | history | edited | Jenayah | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2020 at 20:54 | history | asked | Danny Mc G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |