# Vague short story description, want name

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-short-story-description-want-name/63760 "2001-04-29T21:53:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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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:** [June 10, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-short-story-description-want-name/63760/21 "2016-06-10T14:57:34Z")

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PROJECT: GENIUS, by William Hayes.

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**Author:** ![Adversary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Adversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adversary)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-short-story-description-want-name/63760/22 "2016-06-10T20:35:05Z")

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Ordered the book today. After you posted the title I did some searching. It seems that I am not alone in my remembrance of this story. It stuck with alot of people. I couldn’t find it available in electronic form.

I am eagerly awaiting the book and will post a followup after re-reading it!

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-short-story-description-want-name/63760/23 "2016-06-11T18:00:01Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> PROJECT: GENIUS, by William Hayes.

Great book by the way - I reread it a few years ago, just for nostalgia’s sake.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-short-story-description-want-name/63760/24 "2016-06-11T21:08:06Z")

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> [@AHunter3](#):
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> Yep, either _The Gods of Mars_ or _The Warlord of Mars_, forget which.

Both, if I recall correct. It is the cliffhanger at the end of _Gods_, and is taken up again at the beginning of _Warlord_.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vague-short-story-description-want-name/63760/25 "2016-06-11T22:02:04Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> PROJECT: GENIUS, by William Hayes.

Yup, that looks like it. Thanks!

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