Allamagoosa

by Eric Frank Russell

A short story by Eric Frank Russell

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Humor, Fiction

13 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 1955

About the author

Eric Frank Russell was a British author best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction and other pulp magazines. Russell also wrote horror fiction for Weird Tales, and non-fiction articles on Fortean topics. A few of his stories were published under pseudonyms, of which Duncan H. Munro was used most often.

Reviews

[Hanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Мне рассказ понравился по нескольким причинам:
- тут есть собака; ее все гладят; в конце она остается жива.
- тут есть инвентаризация; ее все ненавидят; я тоже.

Хороший пример шутейки в конце, и такое явное отсутствие поисковых систем)

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, free at Baen:

https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1439133...

[Alex Memus · Rating 1 out of 5]

Несмешной анекдот про бюрократию. Стиль письма по-военному скудный. А сам анекдот слизан с классической байки про моряков.

Я прочитал эту книгу для обсуждения на эпизоде подкаста про научную фантастику «Худо Не Было». Подкаст можно послушать тут: https://share.transistor.fm/s/f78721b7

[Andy Hickman · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Allamagoosa” by Eric Frank Russell

Enjoyed this, unexpected comedy.

“.. doing their jobs as though sentenced to them for crimes contemplated but not yet committed.”

“’Holy Moses!’ said Burman, fervently.
‘Let us not rely on the dubious assistance of Biblical characters,’ McNaught reproved. ‘Let us use the brains that God has given us.’”

[Debrac2014 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Free on Baen!

[JoeK · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun light read. Any story that includes dogs usually pleases me. I must say that building the Alamagoosa made much less sense than trying to ask "star command" what exactly an offog was. It would have made things a lot simpler.

[Artem Gavrishev · Rating 3 out of 5]

Коротко и весело. Конечно, понятно с самого начала, что это опечатка и даже не важно какая, но все равно. Похоже на что-то из Шекли.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.4 stars

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Widely anthologized humourous short story, in the space opera vein. Rather than a "shaggy dog" story this is more of a "shredded dog" story, but fortunately not for real.

[Antonis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious! In Greek we have this saying: "where Army starts, logic ends", and this short story is a fine example!

[aes ❀ · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay you know what that was actually funny and i truly burst out laughing by the last page. i read this as part of my personal reading challenge of going through all the hugo short story award winners/nominees and i was a bit hesitant to read this because it’s the first winner for this award and baka ma-disappoint ako sa taas ng expectations ko pero i was pleasantly surprised na that wasn't the case and ended up really enjoying this read.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read it because it was recommended in a sf/fantasy group as a fun "dog" story and it was available for free on Baen.com. While there is a dog in the story, it turned out to be more of a shaggy dog story. The ending made me groan, but it was written well and made me laugh.

[Cally Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first short story to win a Hugo. Rather one-note and relies on the final punchline, but interesting enough.

[Ian Carr · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny by nature, science fiction by happenstance

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was put off at the start, but this turned out a fantastic and funny story. Really liked it!

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

great short story, science fiction

[Brother · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and a bit of fun.