# Another "name that short story, please"

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 5, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696 "2014-05-05T05:36:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/1 "2014-05-05T05:36:19Z")

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All I remember of it: a guy is about to be executed, and he refuses to divulge his identity. I realize it’s not much to go on :o

eta: should have been in Cafe Society. Sorry.

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### Author: ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/2 "2014-05-07T12:39:40Z")

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In case you hadn’t already, I reported this for you for the forum change. Sorry, I can’t help with the actual question.

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### Author: ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/3 "2014-05-07T13:03:28Z")

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Moving over to CS.

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### Author: ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/4 "2014-05-07T21:46:42Z")

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Sounds like "Man From Earth " by Gordon R Dickson , but I’m not sure.

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### Author: ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/5 "2014-05-07T21:55:46Z")

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Last words:

What was he ?

He was a man.

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### Author: ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/6 "2014-05-07T22:37:14Z")

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A Tale of Two Cities?

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### Author: ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-name-that-short-story-please/687696/7 "2014-05-07T22:38:58Z")

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_Un-Man_, by Poul Anderson?