
As the war progresses, the three warring nations each create a super-computer capable of running the war more efficiently than humans.

The Cold War has escalated into a world war, fought mainly between China, Russia, and the United States. The story takes place over a hundred years after the near-complete destruction of humanity. While we don't want to build it up too much, consensus is that it's quite a Mind Screw. In any case, it is the trope-namer for one of its most popular categories: And I Must Scream. It is best known for being popularly considered one of the front-runners for most concentrated fonts of Nightmare Fuel ever created.

It was first published in March 1967 and won the Hugo Award in 1968. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Ī post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by Harlan Ellison. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.


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