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   Dorothy J Heydt to David Goldfarb   
   Re: worst story title   
   16 Apr 15 04:28:15   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   David Goldfarb  wrote:   
   >In article ,   
   >Dorothy J Heydt  wrote:   
   >>In article ,   
   >>William Vetter   wrote:   
   >>>What's the worst you can come up with?   
   >>   
   >>There were a whole raft of them back in the New Wave days.   
   >>Frequently the title was also the last line of the story.  I   
   >>nominate Ellison's "I See a Man Who is Standing on a Chair, and   
   >>the Chair is Biting His Leg."   
   >   
   >Correcting to be polite:  "I See a Man Sitting in a Chair..."; and   
   >it was Ellison and Sheckley, not just Ellison.   
      
   Correction accepted.  It's been *years* since I read it.   
      
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