Mr. Jester

"Mr. Jester" is a science fiction short story by American writer Fred Saberhagen. It was first published in If, in 1966.

Plot summary

After a society without humor exiles their only comedian to the outskirts of the solar system, he becomes the only one who can save them from being destroyed by a Berserker.

Reception

"Mr. Jester" was a finalist for the 1967 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[1]

gollark: Imagine wearing socks.
gollark: We also have a networking anonymization thing which works by using extremely precise orbital laser shots to interfere with arbitrary fibre-optic cables and networking hardware to create packets.
gollark: There's also a fork with networking, but it might be less secure.
gollark: I wrote drivers for it.
gollark: That's why osmarks.net runs only TempleOS, which is DEFINITELY not compromised by the NSA.

References
  1. 1967 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved December 20, 2018
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