Flies (Asimov)
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Flies is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the June 1953 issue of Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and later appeared in Asimov's collections Nightfall and Other Stories (1969).
The author's original title for the story was 'King Lear, IV, i, 36-37'. but Anthony Boucher, editor at the time, suggested a different title, which became 'Flies'.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A group of former college students meet at a reunion twenty years after graduation and discuss their achievements. One of the students, now an insecticide researcher, does not know that he is in fact regarded by the flies as Lord of the Flies.
| Nightfall and Other Stories |
| Nightfall | Green Patches | Hostess | Breeds There a Man...? | C-Chute | In a Good Cause- | What If- | Sally | Flies | Nobody Here But- | It's Such a Beautiful Day | Strikebreaker | Insert Knob A in Hole B | The Up-To-Date Sorcerer | Unto the Fourth Generation | What is This Thing Called Love? | The Machine that Won the War | My Son, the Physicist | Eyes Do More Than See | Segregationist |
