Project Gutenberg 2009-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 88 Harris, Tom W. Becker Goodbye, Dead Man! Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Goodbye, Dead Man!" by Tom W. Harris is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative revolves around themes of superstition, morality, and the repercussions of one's actions in a dystopian setting, specifically a reactor facility overtaken by outsiders. The story follows the conflict between the protagonist Danny Hern and Orley Mattup, a brutish guard who takes a life, illustrating the consequences of power and the interplay of fate. The story unfolds as Danny and his friend witness Orley Mattup murder an innocent technician, Uncle Pete, during a card game. Following this heinous act, Danny seeks revenge by cursing Mattup with a hex connected to eleven cents, claiming that any attempt to spend it will lead to his demise. As the plot develops, Mattup's increasing paranoia and superstition drive him to cling to the cursed money. The climax reveals the dark twist: the money is actually radioactive, making it a literal death sentence for Mattup, who ultimately succumbs to the very fate Danny orchestrated using a clever mix of psychological manipulation and the flaws of his antagonist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 37408 37418 2024-09-12T16:41:03.536939 2023-09-13T08:30:38.089985 text/html text/html 33372 2021-01-05T13:40:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 244583 2021-01-05T13:40:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294002 2024-09-12T16:41:06.748982 application/epub+zip 292594 2024-09-12T16:41:04.764013 application/epub+zip 61117 2024-09-12T16:41:03.954989 application/epub+zip 407227 2024-09-12T16:41:08.256019 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399514 2024-09-12T16:41:06.203930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128674 2022-09-14T03:47:47.251960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30983 30882 2024-09-12T16:41:03.331947 2023-09-13T08:30:37.906995 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 30858 2021-01-05T13:40:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11917 2021-01-05T13:40:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18472 2024-09-12T16:41:08.388937 application/rdf+xml 12621 2024-09-12T16:41:04.298955 image/jpeg 3375 2024-09-12T16:41:04.126951 image/jpeg 292995 2024-09-12T16:41:03.549972 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog