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|main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | |main character = [[Bernice Summerfield]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Jonathan Morris | ||
| | |anthology = A Life of Surprises (anthology) | ||
|prev = Taken by the Muses (short story) | |release date = 4 October 2002 | ||
|next = Might (short story) | |series = ''[[Bernice Summerfield (series)|Bernice Summerfield]]'' short stories | ||
}}'''''The Spartacus Syndrome''''' was the seventeenth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]]. | |prev = Taken by the Muses (short story) | ||
|next = Might (short story) | |||
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'''''The Spartacus Syndrome''''' was the seventeenth story in the [[Bernice Summerfield]] anthology ''[[A Life of Surprises]]''. It was written by [[Jonathan Morris]]. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
After doing some undercover work, Benny sneaks aboard a [[Finshargle]] ship to stop them from stealing | After doing some undercover work, Benny sneaks aboard a [[Finshargle]] ship to stop them from stealing the minds of everyone on a nearby planet. Benny learned that the Finshargles steal the minds of whole civilisations and put them on [[soc-reel]]s to sell. She wasn't in time to prevent the theft, but she takes the soc-reel, and to save the planet's inhabitants she uploaded her own mind into all eight billion of them. | ||
As a result, eight billion people wake up thinking they are Bernice Summerfield. | As a result, eight billion people wake up thinking they are Bernice Summerfield. | ||
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* [[Dealer (The Spartacus Syndrome)|Dealer]] | * [[Dealer (The Spartacus Syndrome)|Dealer]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Benny pretends to be [[Menlove Stokes]] when negotiating with the dealer. | * Benny pretends to be [[Menlove Stokes]] when negotiating with the dealer. | ||
* Civilisations stolen by the Finshargles include the [[Denizens of Oop]], the [[Apostles of Grarb]], [[Gloster Pi]], the [[Ancient Sea-Druids of Farxant]], [[Wakafroon]] and the [[Bottle City of Kandor]]. | * Civilisations stolen by the Finshargles include the [[Denizens of Oop]], the [[Apostles of Grarb]], [[Gloster Pi]], the [[Ancient Sea-Druids of Farxant]], [[Wakafroon]] and the [[Bottle City of Kandor]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Bottle City of Kandor is a reference to the DC Comics Kryptonian city. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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[[Category:Irving Braxiatel short stories]] | [[Category:Irving Braxiatel short stories]] | ||