Away Games: Science Fiction Sports Stories
“(The others, for the record, are musical theatre, horse racing, show collies, writing, and—first and foremost—Carol.) And when I read in a book on Uganda the challenge that begins this story, I knew I had to write a piece in which Idi Amin’s ludicrous proposal was actually accepted. The first time through it was a very funny story. Then I realized there were important things to be said, and I rewrote it as it stands now. It was a 1994 Hugo nominee: only three short stories were nominated, and i...n a still-incomprehensible turn of events, it easily beat the other two stories, but lost to one of two novelettes that had been added to the ballot to fill it out.While this effort was being made, Amin postured: “I challenge President Nyerere in the boxing ring to fight it out there rather than that soldiers lose their lives on the field of battle … Mohammed Ali would be an ideal referee for the bout.”—George Ivan SmithGHOSTS OF KAMPALA (1980)As the Tanzanians began to counterattack, Amin suggested a crazy solution to the dispute.MoreLess
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