02280cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500280014826400510017630000470022733600260027433700260030033800360032649000610036250000310042350801160045452011680057053400450173865300200178365300180180383000610182185600430188299900170192532410UtSlPG20260610133735.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aDickson, Gordon R.,d1923-200110aNo Shield from the Dead 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction January 1953.  aRelease date is 2010-05-18  aProduced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"No Shield from the Dead" by Gordon R. Dickson is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of power, blackmail, and the consequences of one's actions within a futuristic society characterized by personal shields that provide complete protection. The narrative centers around an unexpected confrontation between a high-ranking government official and an older man who reveals dark truths about the official’s past.  The novella unfolds as Terri Mac, a government comptroller, finds himself trapped in a shielded room with an old man who knows potentially damaging secrets about him. As the old man confronts Terri with the haunting remembrance of a young woman’s tragic death, he reveals that Terri's ambition and ruthlessness played a role in her demise. The old man threatens to take his own life, framing Terri for murder, thus ensuring that his secrets will destroy the ambitious politician. The story culminates in a tense moment of moral reckoning and the devastating consequences of Terri's past actions, leading to his inevitable downfall as the authorities close in. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories 0aProduced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction January 1953.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32410  c73256d73256