Timeline for A man takes riskier and riskier jobs (involving a transportation ring) for more money
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| Jun 26, 2017 at 13:05 | vote | accept | user30884 | ||
| May 8, 2017 at 3:40 | history | edited | Bamboo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 7, 2017 at 23:09 | answer | added | Lektu | timeline score: 20 | |
| Dec 20, 2016 at 21:21 | history | edited | Himarm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 16, 2016 at 22:45 | comment | added | Zoey Green | I will say it does NOT sound like an Asimov story. Azimov stories usually end with a twist, a cliffhanger, or a moral. This doesn't sound like hist style (for what it's worth). | |
| S Jul 13, 2016 at 22:54 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| S Jul 13, 2016 at 22:54 | history | notice removed | CommunityBot | ||
| Jul 11, 2016 at 6:21 | comment | added | Adamant | @SJuan76 - Can you remember any detail, however trivial, that the original poster did not include? | |
| S Jul 5, 2016 at 20:59 | history | bounty started | Valorum | ||
| S Jul 5, 2016 at 20:59 | history | notice added | Valorum | Authoritative reference needed | |
| S Jul 5, 2016 at 20:35 | history | suggested | Blackwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Spelling and clarify text
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| Apr 4, 2016 at 17:39 | comment | added | JohnWinkelman | I would swear I read this once upon a time. Possibly a Piers Anthony short story? | |
| S Apr 4, 2016 at 15:22 | history | suggested | Otis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
add additional story details from OP that were placed in a comment (which does not appear unless "show more" is used)
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| S Dec 14, 2015 at 14:41 | history | suggested | user40790 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Hopefully this title tweak will get this the attention deserves. Also, I want a hat.
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| Dec 14, 2015 at 14:29 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Oct 21, 2015 at 15:23 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | @John Meachem - Since you mentioned Robert Sheckley, were you thinking of Mind Swap? That's a novel rather than a short story though, and the plot doesn't seem to quite match... | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 12:44 | comment | added | user30884 | Another job he had I particularly liked: the one job where he was a mechanoid being eating everything sample of vegetation he could. He had tank tracks to help him manouver the alien planet landscape. He eventually ate something poisonous, got sick but continued eating samples. Eventually he ate something medicinal and it counteracted the poison he ingested. After that event he decided the job may be too dangerous. | |
| Aug 7, 2015 at 12:42 | comment | added | user30884 | I looked at the credits for the 13 Sins story and it is a very loose adaptation. I did not see any story credit in the review. I would like to get my hands on the book again and reread it, a lot of the details are becoming fuzzy in my memory. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 23:19 | comment | added | Bamboo | See this question about a tv episode with a very similar ending to the one described in this story. The anecdote at the bottom of the answer may lend some credence to the Ray Bradbury connection. | |
| Jan 14, 2015 at 10:42 | comment | added | miltonaut | Ugh. Sounds like something I've read as well... | |
| Dec 7, 2014 at 13:23 | comment | added | Broklynite | Yup, that's the one, thanks. | |
| Dec 4, 2014 at 14:41 | comment | added | Huangism | @Broklynite I believe the movie you are talking about is imdb.com/title/tt2059171 | |
| Nov 16, 2014 at 12:19 | comment | added | Broklynite | This sounds like it inspired a movie which came out/is coming out. Man gets in on some kind of contest, has to perform steadily more and more dangerous activities to be paid more money. I saw the trailer not too long ago, but I've been looking for the past hour and can't find it again. I thought maybe it'd say "based on the story by..." | |
| Sep 26, 2014 at 5:52 | comment | added | John Meacham | I am almost positive this is a Robert Scheckley story. I am trying to track down which one in particular, but his bibliography is, well, pretty vast. | |
| S Aug 31, 2014 at 3:09 | history | edited | Joe L. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added missing tag, removed from title and fixed an incorrect punctuation
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| S Aug 31, 2014 at 3:09 | history | suggested | Crow T Robot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added missing tag, removed from title and fixed an incorrect punctuation
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| Aug 4, 2014 at 22:25 | comment | added | user56 | I'm pretty sure this isn't by Dick. I've read all of his short stories and this one doesn't ring a bell. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 12:47 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/493739484606124032 | ||
| Jul 28, 2014 at 9:01 | comment | added | SJuan76 | I read this. I had some idea that it would be a Philip K. Dick story, but I could not find it in any of the five volume collection. I have read little of Bradbury, so I would discard him as a possible origin. | |
| Jul 28, 2014 at 5:53 | history | edited | alexwlchan |
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 5:30 | history | edited | Avner Shahar-Kashtan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Edited the wall of text for readability
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 5:12 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 28, 2014 at 5:11 | history | asked | user30884 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |