Repent, Harlequin! Said the Tick-Tock Man

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(thing) by Quizro (2.7 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Wed Dec 20 2000 at 17:35:19

A short story by Harlan Ellison which describes a future society where control is kept by the rigid enforcement of a Draconian time management system. Lateness is punished by taking the time lost off the offender's lifespan. The Tick-Tock Man is the despotic ruler of this society; the Harlequin is a nonconformist rebel who sows confusion through a series of spectacular pranks designed to throw everyone off the fanatically-maintained schedule.

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Starting a traffic jam	A Boy and His Dog	Harlan Ellison	Technology Timewasting Syndrome
harlequin	Draconian	Ziggy Stardust	Philip K. Dick
Ask me about Grim Fandango	I'm a writer. What are you?	The Demolished Man	The Machine Stops
Richard Ira Bong	Slippage	Who puts what where?	Tiktok the Machine Man
The insane cost of U.S. health care	The Deathbird	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.	Chronopolis
Dystopian Society	Look at the Harlequins!	What is Everything?	Niles Crane

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