Damned If You Don't

Damned If You Don't

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Damned If You Don't by Randall Garrett

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1960

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Damned If You Don't

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We've all heard of the wonderful invention that the Big Corporation or the Utilities suppressed...? Usually, that Wonderful Invention won't work, actually. But there's another possibility, too....

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A brilliant engineer invents a cold fusion power plant the size of a suitcase and two of his prototypes are immediately stolen. He goes after the power company monopoly, but the conspiracy is bigger than he expects.
A nice apologetic for letting corporations run wild, but way outdated. "Our economy is based on an interlocking web of production"? Not anymore.
It is a story that age has made silly. The world simply didn't grow in that direction.
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Not much new or exciting in this short speculative SF story. The economic arguments given against too fast development wouldn't hold water today.