http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/06/18/boxed-by-will-mcintosh/ The Best Science Fiction Short Stories - and where to find them! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/06/18/boxed-by-will-mcintosh/#comment-304 Rusty Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:35:49 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/06/18/boxed-by-will-mcintosh/#comment-304 That may be true Tinkoo. I hadn't thought about it, but there are similarities between the two stories. Ellison's story, however, is much more dark and cynical than this one. That may be true Tinkoo. I hadn’t thought about it, but there are similarities between the two stories. Ellison’s story, however, is much more dark and cynical than this one.

]]> http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/06/18/boxed-by-will-mcintosh/#comment-303 Tinkoo Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:09:57 +0000 http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2008/06/18/boxed-by-will-mcintosh/#comment-303 I haven't read this one, but from your description, the defining story for this class of plot might be the extremely dark Harlan Ellison "classic" - "<a href="http://variety-sf.blogspot.com/2008/05/harlan-ellison-i-have-no-mouth-and-i.html" rel="nofollow">I Have No Mouth, & I Must Scream</a>". I haven’t read this one, but from your description, the defining story for this class of plot might be the extremely dark Harlan Ellison “classic” - “I Have No Mouth, & I Must Scream“.

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