Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote:
> In 1958, the science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke published "A > Slight Case of Sunstroke" . . . In the story, a large number of hostile > spectators aim reflective program covers at the unfortunate umpire, > who collapses and dies from the concentrated solar energy focused > where he stood. > He doesn't just collapse and die. It takes place in South America. The stadium has thousands army troops in the audience. Halfway through the game, a whistle blows, and the troops all aim their reflective programs at the ref, who vanishes in a puff of smoke. The other story is about an astronomer who murders his wife by aiming a searchlight at her car as she is driving home along the edge of cliff, late at night. - Jed
