A variation on "selling ice to Eskimos" theme. A no-morals man from our time ends up in a future where average IQ is 45, & there is an exclusive breed of smarter people confined to Antarctica. In a deal that promises to make him the ultimate dictator, this man helps the smart ones kill off rest of humanity by selling them a story that makes them want to march off to their death.
Collected in.
- Ben Bova (Ed)'s "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A".
Fact sheet.
First published:
Galaxy, April 1951.
Rating: A
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