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Short Story

Stability

1987

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About this story

A future government preserves civilization by suppressing inventions that might disturb its balance. A man summoned to discuss a device he does not remember submitting becomes entangled in a challenge to that frozen order.

Chronology

Work history

  1. 1947

    Composed 1947

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

  2. 1987

    First published 1987

    The Collected Stories vol. 1: Beyond Lies the Wub · Underwood-Miller