Author Genre(s) Science fiction Publication type anthology | Language English Published in Dangerous Visions Publication date December 1967 | |
"Auto-da-Fé" is a short story by Roger Zelazny from Harlan Ellison's science fiction anthology Dangerous Visions. The plot concerns a bullfight where the bull has been replaced by a car-fight, and the bullfighter by "mechadors" who combats a robotized Chevrolet or Pontiac. It has been reprinted at least 40 times, in at least 4 languages.
The title is a play on words involving the phrases auto-da-fé and automobile.
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