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Results for harrison bergeron tagged with story-identification
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Use for identifying a work of SF or Fantasy, including novels, movies, comic books, fanfic, TV series, video games, etc. Use with other tags to specify the type of media, eg. [short-stories]. Use [episode-identification] for identifying a single episode of a known series, whether TV, book, or comic. Use [actor-identification], [character-identification], [music-identification], or [object-identification] for those specific ID requests instead.
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Looking for the title of a futuristic book about enforced equality
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
The opening paragraph starts:
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal
before God and the law. …
Brian
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Anthem-esque short story about a dude who is very smart and strong so he wears devices to sl...
That would be Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron", although your recollection of the ending is cheerier than the actual one.
Stealing from the Wikipedia description:
It is the year 2081. … After listening to the music, Harrison and his empress dance. …
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Short story about a perfectly average citizen
by a nuclear war, and the population was desperate for a bit of normality, so jumped on this paragon of averageness, electing him president and starting a trend (similar to the theme of stories like "Harrison … Bergeron", "The Marching Morons", etc.) where "averageness" is celebrated. …
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Sci fi story about the universe shrinking and it all goes dark (because of mu?)
Aquin" and "Harrison Bergeron" (the third story) in "The Golden Age of Science Fiction" published in 1981. …
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Film (possibly made for TV) where everyone wears a headset which controls thoughts by suppre...
You're describing Harrison Bergeron (1995). Everyone wears an IQ suppressing headband and everything's very '1950s'. … Harrison: Last night, seeing those programs I realized that...Everything looks like in the 1950's. Is it intentional?
John Klaxon: Rule number 1: Everything is intentional. …
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Short story about people who wear things to hinder their ability
This is almost undoubtedly "Harrison Bergeron" (1961) by Kurt Vonnegut. … The father is smart, so he wears an ear-piece that makes loud noises at intervals to disrupt his train of thought; the son (Harrison Bergeron) is virtually a super-man, with headphones blasting static …
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Looking for science fiction short story collection from 1970's
Review: Children of Infinity
The second story is Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
It is the year 2081, and all people have been made 'equal' through the
use of physical and mental handicaps. … GradeSaver: Harrison Bergeron Summary
While 'Harrison Bergeron' has been collected endlessly, 'All You Can Eat' appears to have been collected in only one anthology; Children of Infinity. …
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Episode of TV show where nobody was allowed to be smart
Thanks very much to the people who suggested Harrison Bergeron (1995). …
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Short story where everyone must be equal
That would be "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut.
THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren't only equal
before God and the law. They were equal every which way. …
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90s sci-fi short story: boys enter a bunker, cannot read the signs, trigger defence system
Maybe Harrison Bergeron too. …
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Looking for dystopian short story titled "The Girl", don't remember name of author
It was set at a school in an Orwellian future dystopia where the students and teachers all wore masks to conceal their individuality (similar to the ballerinas in Kurt Vonnegut's story "Harrison Bergeron …
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Identifying a dystopian short story of a totalitarian state about a man of high intelligence...
As per the comments and the deleted answer, this is "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut.
George Bergeron is Harrison's father and Hazel's husband. …
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Film (possibly made for TV) where everyone wears a headset which controls thoughts by suppre...
It's a short film adaptation of Harrison Bergeron. I also don't see Terrence Knox listed among the cast, but perhaps the poster was mistaking the identity? …
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TV programme similar to "Harrison Bergeron"
It's off your timeframe, but the 1995 made-for-tv adaptation of Harrison Bergeron fits part of the bill. … Harrison does die at the end, though. …
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TV programme similar to "Harrison Bergeron" [duplicate]
Many years ago (1970s or 80s) I saw a TV film clearly based on Harrison Bergeron, though I can't remember whether it used the title.
However it had a very different ending. … Harrison is not killed, but recruited by some kind of "deep state" which runs things from behind the scenes. One particular line sticks in mind. …
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