i need short science fiction story
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Time in Advance is the story of a man who's about to commit a lethal crime - a crime for which he's already paid his debt to society. Far from being a dark story of a vicious criminal secretly planning a covert murder, Tenn's tale takes a light approach. In this world, society views the crime as perfectly legal, if something of a novelty. The hero is aiming to commit a vile crime, and not only is nobody about to stop him...his criminal intentions make him a celebrity. Cool concept, huh?
How many times have you read a story that starts off with a good idea, but has poor execution? This is not one of those times. Time in Advance has almost perfect execution. The "what if" in this case is "What if people paid for the crime of murder before they committed it, and the penury was so heinous that nobody ever survived to commit the crime...until now?" Tenn takes this premise and develops its permutations with complete and utter mastery.
Tenn excels at twist endings - hilarious "aha" endings, such as in The Brooklyn Project. Time in Advance not only has that, it also has a "feel good" ending, something sorely lacking in science fiction today, as if a happy ending would signify the end of speculative fiction as we know it. Yes, the ending somewhat dulls the cutting edge of the social commentary. But it works. I consider Time in Advance truly one of the best science fiction stories of all time
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Science fiction (sometimes shortened to sci-fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.