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jcompton
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The Narcissus Plague
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June 10, 2009, 04:13:27 PM »
I have a distressingly large assortment of sci-fi short story magazines, and I've been making a renewed effort to put a dent in it by reading some. Every so often I stumble onto a really good story which also happens to be freely available, and I recommend reading "
The Narcissus Plague
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June 10, 2009, 04:37:19 PM »
An interesting read. I think the ending is odd but I may have missed something along the way.
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June 11, 2009, 07:01:37 AM »
It's an interesting read, the ending makes sense although its what you would expect I guess. It looks like more of a random short story than the social commentary I was expecting from the title.
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June 11, 2009, 09:10:00 AM »
It's pretty explicitly social commentary (saying that the "Me Decade" was not just part of the human condition but was in fact a
medical condition
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June 11, 2009, 09:29:31 AM »
But what's wrong with narcissism? I mean, except for other people talking to you(whether about themselves or whatever) when they shouldn't?
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