Re: >^..^< The Bureaucratic Maze

On Apr 11, 3:41 pm, goldf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David Goldfarb) wrote:
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>  <Just.A.New...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >2.  I think it was a Keith Laumer story in Dangerous Visions about a
> >line of people, a very long line, waiting to get their papers
> >stamped.  Once done they go to the end of the line and start all over
> >again.
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> It was Laumer (you can read the story on the Baen Books web site)
> but I don't believe it came from _Dangerous Visions_.
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> (And the "once done" isn't quite accurate -- I think you're conflating
> two things:

Not surprised my addled brain has done that.  It's only been 40 years
since I read the anthology.

  First, that anyone with their papers not perfectly in
> order was sent back to the back; second, that the protagonist, having
> reached the front and gotten processed, then can't think of anything
> else to do besides start over.)

Thanks!

Go drink lots of something you like <g>

GeekGirl