The Comedian
by Tim Sullivan
A projected vision from the future takes on the forms of various 20th century comedians
from Charley Chaplin to Don Rickles, and he’s also making wildlife manager Chris Reilly
kidnap children.
The comedian looked just like a living, breathing, three-dimensional human being, the
reincarnation of Lenny Bruce, come to see the unhappy world end.
“The Comedian” by Tim Sullivan, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1982.