"Procrustes" is an English-language science fiction short story written in 1993 by Larry Niven. It is the sixth in the series of stories about crashlander...
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exactly. Procrustes continued his reign of terror until he was captured by Theseus, travelling to Athens along the sacred way, who "fitted" Procrustes to his...
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Borderland of Sol", the fifth story in the series "Procrustes", the sixth story in the series "Ghost", the framing story in the collection Crashlander...
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Borderland of Sol", the fifth story in the series "Procrustes", the sixth story in the series "Ghost", the framing story in the collection Crashlander...
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Crashlander (redirect from Ghost (short story))
of Sol" (1975), and "Procrustes" (1993). The stories are linked, and some of them extended, by a framing story, "Ghost". This story recounts Shaeffer's...
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Antifragile (book) (category Articles with short description)
Fooled by Randomness (2001), The Black Swan (2007–2010), and The Bed of Procrustes (2010–2016), and is the fourth book in the five-volume philosophical treatise...
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Young and ambitious, Theseus decided to go to Athens by land; slaying Procrustes, Sciron the Kicker, and Sinis the Pine Bender along the way. He arrived...
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Harrison Bergeron (category 1961 short stories)
criticisms. Crab mentality Dumbing down Law of Jante The Marching Morons Procrustes The Starlit Corridor Tall poppy syndrome Harrison Bergeron at IMDb "2081"...
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List of Known Space characters (category Articles with short description)
in the Beowulf Shaeffer stories "Neutron Star", The Borderland of Sol, and "Ghost", and is mentioned in the story "Procrustes". He also appears in the...
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Known Space (category Articles with short description)
colonists is already on its way when the colony "fails". In Procrustes and other later stories, Home is once again presented as a vibrant colony. Canyon...
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