# Ask the guy who is pretty good at SF Story Identification

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**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [September 7, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417 "2008-09-07T00:08:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-is-pretty-good-at-sf-story-identification/462417/359 "2019-02-04T03:00:46Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> Here’s one I asked about once before. A guy has telekinetic powers, and at the end of the story he visits the president and makes demands. As he walks out the door, he gets his head bashed in with a hammer. I think it’s really old.

Got it! “The Most Powerful Tailor in the World” by Michael Crichton. Appeared in Playboy Sept, 71. If it helps jog your memory that was the same issue that featured the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers game “Feds and Heads”.

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