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roygus

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 4:53 am
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...."handicaps" appear? There were ballerinas wearing sandbags and, I dunno,
perhaps sharpshooters wearing blinfolds and so on. I want to read that book
again and I don't remember which it is.

TIA

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:53 pm
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That's the short story "Harrison Bergeron", which can be found in
"Welcome to the Monkey House".


On 24 Sep 2003 01:53:06 GMT, roygus DeleteThis @aol.comnojunk (Roygus) wrote:

 >..."handicaps" appear? There were ballerinas wearing sandbags and, I dunno,
 >perhaps sharpshooters wearing blinfolds and so on. I want to read that book
 >again and I don't remember which it is.
 >
 >TIA<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:53 pm
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Incidentally, that was also developed into an interesting movie
starring Sean Astin.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 6:02 am
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There are pages on the Sean Astin movie at
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.vonnegutweb.com/collections/wttmh_vonnegutharrison.html" target="_blank">http://www.vonnegutweb.com/collections/wttmh_vonnegutharrison.html</a> and
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.vonnegutweb.com/collections/wttmh_vonnegutshowtime.html." target="_blank">http://www.vonnegutweb.com/collections/wttmh_vonnegutshowtime.html.</a>

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 > Incidentally, that was also developed into an interesting movie
 > starring Sean Astin.
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 > On 24 Sep 2003 04:06:31 GMT, roygus DeleteThis @aol.comnojunk (Roygus) wrote:
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  > >Thanks, Marc!
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:12 pm
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The Sirens of Titan

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 > ..."handicaps" appear? There were ballerinas wearing sandbags and, I dunno,
 > perhaps sharpshooters wearing blinfolds and so on. I want to read that book
 > again and I don't remember which it is.
 >
 > TIA<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:42 pm
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On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:53:06 +0000, Roygus wrote:

 > ..."handicaps" appear? There were ballerinas wearing sandbags and, I
 > dunno, perhaps sharpshooters wearing blinfolds and so on. I want to read
 > that book again and I don't remember which it is.
 >
 > TIA

That theme surfaces in Sirens of Titan and Harrison Bergeron.
In Bergeron it is the main theme, and handicapping is a legal
requirement; in Sirens it occurs in a brief description of the new
religion and is optional but encouraged, as far as I can tell. They were
called self-handicapped (Sirens, Chap. 10)
However, I believe you are thinking of Harrison Bergeron, which is in
Welcome to the Monkey House. If the US Handicapper General sounds
familiar, that's the one.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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