Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!dartvax!markv From: markv@dartvax.UUCP (Mark Vita) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Short Story Title Request (help!) Message-ID: <2422@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 17:01:18 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.2422 Posted: Wed Sep 26 17:01:18 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 00:48:03 EDT Organization: Dartmouth College Lines: 35 <...> I remember reading this short story about ten or so years ago. I cannot now for the life of me figure out either the story's title or author. The annoying thing is, I am almost sure that the story is contained somewhere in one of the many anthologies I own. So I'm hoping that one of you netlanders out there can help me out. The plot went basically like this: The setting is a laboratory or research center, seemingly in some rural area. The scientists there are examining some guy who has been infected or exposed to some sort of bizzare radiation. The subject's condition steadily worsens, until one morning the scientists find that he has been completely enclosed by a hard shell, like a pupae. They can still detect life functions inside, so they wait. Eventually the shell breaks, and the guy emerges, seemingly normal. He seems pretty casual about the entire thing. The scientists are at a loss to explain what has has happened. The last paragraph describes the man stepping outside for a cigarette alone. He smokes the cigarette, casually stamps it out beneath his heel, and then takes off, flying out across the countryside a la Superman. ---- Well, there's the quick plot summary. Anybody recall such a story? Thanks in advance, Mark -- Mark Vita Dartmouth College {decvax,cornell,linus}!dartvax!markv