HH: "This is a rather nasty story written in a nasty moment. It is short, which is for the better, if it were longer I might have had to temper the downhill rush of negativity. I'm glad it isn't. Here is a piece of fiction story that says exactly what I wanted it to say with not one word to spare. It is also the only story I ever wrote - and hopefully will ever write - whose title is taken from a television commercial." PUBLICATION HISTORY Vertex, April 1973. The Best of Harry Harrison, June 1976. (British editions only)