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  • [YASID] US POWs in ?N. Korea? given virus to make them seriously weak..

    From danny burstein@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 12 21:10:00 2025
    probably 1975ish Analog, but could be lots of other times/places.

    Scenario is that US POWs are deliberately infected with a virus that
    makes them so weak they can barely walk around the prison camp,
    let alone pick up any sort of weapon or fight the guards.

    Spoiler: they cook a terrific meal for the guards, which
    includes "borscht". The deep red colour hides the fact
    the prisoners added some of their blood to it, so a
    few hours later the guards all collapse.

    Any recognition? Thanks.

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  • From Joy Beeson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 19 21:23:49 2025
    On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:10:00 +0000, danny burstein <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    probably 1975ish Analog, but could be lots of other times/places.

    Scenario is that US POWs are deliberately infected with a virus that
    makes them so weak they can barely walk around the prison camp,
    let alone pick up any sort of weapon or fight the guards.

    Spoiler: they cook a terrific meal for the guards, which
    includes "borscht". The deep red colour hides the fact
    the prisoners added some of their blood to it, so a
    few hours later the guards all collapse.

    Any recognition? Thanks.

    I recall reading it, and I think that at the time Analog and F&SF were
    the only magazines that I subscribed to.

    It was a good story.

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    joy beeson at centurylink dot net
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