The Spy In The Elevator by Donald E. Westlake

He was dangerously insane. He threatened to destroy everything that was noble and decent-including my date.
Published Galaxy Magazine October 1961
Image: "Tetrahedra of Space" Wonder Stories cover, November 1931
This audiobook has been carefully edited and audio-enhanced. Enjoy this Galaxy SF classic by legendary author Donald E. Westlake

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Excellently read, the narrator's character, the irony, is well rendered.

[@Eris123451]

What an incredibly sarcastic little tale.
Great stuff.

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Wow, he dodged a bullet !

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Better ending would have been:
"There's one thing I just couldn't explain however. As I was replacing the drapes the spy torn off my window, I couldn't help but notice the green. As the weeks passed and my conscious neglect to reattach the drapes continued, I still couldn't help but notice the green, and I could have sworn, it was getting bigger.

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I love this story, got to hear it again!

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7:11pm

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Kudos from Colorado!

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The computer from Logan's Run approves of this story.

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6:46am...

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thanks a lot!

[@johnbianchi3877]

The ending is disappointing to say the least. Just because the fascists would likely prevail in real life, doesn’t mean they have to win in fiction.

[@michmunuti968]

this is the second old sci-fi story that i have tried to listen to...they're incredibly dated which is a curious problem with something that's supposed to give us a glimpse of the future....wondering how Terra survived the times that they were written in--and of course the answer is not by much...the stories seem to represent every negative imaginable and would include 'sarcastic' since it brings to mind mean-spirited treatment of others with little suggestion of even a negative sort of humor... they're not entertaining and the sexism, hints of bigotry and narrow-mindedness are hard to take and it seems that the course of history to selfishness and greed of the gilded-age style of the robber-baron...trump and the January 6th insurrection attempt might well have been inevitable. it is what it is...

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TRUMP 2024

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