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Pythias

Frederik Pohl

Book Overview: 

Sure, Larry Connaught saved my life—but it was how he did it that forced me to murder him!

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I—knowing what I was doing, with, as they say, malice aforethought—deliberately shot to death Laurence Connaught.

They execute murderers. So they mean to execute me.

Especially because Laurence Connaught had saved my life.

Well, there are extenuating circumstances. I do not think they would convince a jury.

Connaught and I were close friends for years. We lost touch during the war. We met again in Washington, a few years after the war was over. We had, to some extent, grown apart; he had become a man with a mission. He was working very hard on something and he did not choose to discuss his work and there was nothing else in his life on which to form a basis for communication. And—well, I had my own life, too. It wasn't scientific research in my case—I flunked out of med school, while he went on. I'm not ashamed of it; it is nothing to be ashamed of. I simply was not able to cope with the messy bus. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Absolute power corrupts absolutely......or so the old adage goes. Is there any truth in it? If there is, who must decide and set the perimeters? What are the accepted rules of engagement? When 23 words can make you king of the world, do you have the right to utter them? Or prevent someone else from

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* This is not a review. Just something I found that made me laugh*
Came across this story when I was researching on the phrase - "absolute power corrupts absolutely." After reading the story, I did some research on why Pohl had chosen Pythias as his title. The highlight of this entire experience was

Who can be trusted with great power? Who decides? A short (short) story that grapples with these questions.