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From: QUINT@RUTGERS.ARPA
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Subject: Story title request
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Date: Tue, 21-May-85 21:32:38 EDT
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From: Anne Marie Quint {/amqueue} <quint@RUTGERS.ARPA>


     hello, ye of eidetic memories. Im looking for a story, probably
a short story, of which I only remember the last scene (I think it is
the last scene...). What I remember is:

     Our hero, after facing many problems and dangers, finally confronts
the Ultimate Being whom he feels is the source of all these problems. The
being is chortling about 'his toys', and at a distance we can see all the
people in the world dancing on puppet strings which this being controls. 
Then, our hero notices something.... strings leading from this Ultimate
Beings limbs upward into darkness.

     This irony, while perhaps obvious, has stayed with me a long time.
Since I have been reading almost exclusively sf for quite a long time
(no flames about my lack of culture, please), I am fairly sure it is an
sf story, although it is possible that I am wrong. Any takers?

have fun
/amqueue
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