Re: YASID - A different deadly maze story

On 5/2/2024 8:53 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

On 01/05/2024 21.35, Lee Gleason wrote:

On 5/1/2024 4:41 PM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

On 01/05/2024 14.14, Lee Gleason wrote:

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   The recent YASID about Rogue Moon made me recall another similar story. It was a short story I read in an anthology, probably in the late 70s. There was an alien planet with a deadly maze that had killed a lot of explorers who attempted to navigate it.
the latest person attempting it. He did well - actually got to the end and realized the key to survival, but at the last minute, not thinking through what he had just realized, made a fatal mistake and was killed. Ring any bells?

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Probably <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?59019>, although I don't
recall it being set on an alien planet.
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   It's a good story - available on YouTube as spoken word - but not the one I'm trying to ID. The one I remember, the explorer was killed suddenly at the end,

 I missed the part in your OP where you said "and was killed". Nope, it's
not the Spinrad.

On the topic of deadly mazes, there's also Silverberg's "The Man in
the Maze"
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?14914
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