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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
That's a movie only addition 
Not every story needs a dramatic twist ending. But for the story being told and the point being made, that ending was so perfect that I have to wonder if Harry wasn't kicking himself for not having thought of it. |
Many years ago I was in the audience of a talk by Harry Harrison, and the topic of "Make Room! Make Room!" and "Soylent Green" came up.
He absolutely _hated_ that film, and excoriated whoever was responsible for that twist. He named the name, but it escapes me now. However I do recall him noting that whoever it was "rapes puppies at midnight".
I still, somewhere, have my autographed (and by now very battered) copy of "Bill the Galactic Hero" from that evening. He wrote "Bill Lives!" above his signature.