Talk:Killdozer! (short story)

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BetacommandBot 14:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

something falls from the sky
"Then, something falls from the sky, blasting the whole area below them, including the places the killdozer damaged and the graves of their fellow workers. One tears up the report he was writing and throws it in the air, thrilled that an explanation has been made for them."

It is clearly stated that what the men are building is a war-time (WWII) pacific island airstrip, and that what falls from the sky are bombs, presumably Japanese bombs. 70.17.36.243 (talk) 21:38, 12 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, it is clearly stated in the story that a secret experimental rocket crashes on the island, & destroys all traces of the conflict. This is an example of deus ex machina, bringing in a contrived solution to fix a problem in the plot, yet it works quite well here & is actually a masterful stroke. (The story has in effect end -- Sturgeon even draws his reader's attention to this fact -- yet how do these workmen explain to the authorities what happened in a way that does not land them in prison or a nut house for the rest of their lives? The government is faced with a mishap that they want to keep under wraps, the survivors have a mishap they want to keep under wraps -- both parties have good reasons to agree about what will be reported happened on the island.) -- llywrch (talk) 20:46, 23 October 2012 (UTC)