Read because I can't keep quoting a memorable title without actually having read the book or story, that's just against my ethics. Now I've read it. I'm not a horror person. You should think that the title would warn me off (and hey, it did

This is a tricky one: Repent, Harlequin!, Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison is a metaphor against an over-reglemented world. It's old, and I'm afraid to my eyes it hasn't aged too well. It's got an important message, and the scenario