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| "The Tactful Saboteur" | |||
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| Short story by Frank Herbert | |||
.JPG) Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1964 | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Language | English | ||
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| Published in | Galaxy Science Fiction | ||
| Publication type | Periodical | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | October 1964magnum opus | ||
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| Series | ConSentiency | ||
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The Tactful Saboteur is a science fiction novelette by American writer Frank Herbert, which first appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction magazine in October 1964. It is the second story in Herbert's ConSentiency universe, the first being "A Matter of Traces".
Its three chapters are written in a brisk, economical style, and it proved to be one of Herbert's most accessible and popular works. It was subsequently republished in The Worlds of Frank Herbert in 1971, and again in Herbert's 1985 short story collection Eye after the film adaptation of his magnum opus, Dune.