Allamagoosa
| "Allamagoosa" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Eric Frank Russell | |
| Illustrator | Frank Kelly Freas |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Astounding Science Fiction |
| Publication type | Periodical |
| Publisher | Street & Smith |
| Media type | Print (Magazine) |
| Publication date | May 1955 |
| Pages | 12 |
| Award | Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1955) |
"Allamagoosa" is a Hugo-winning humorous science fiction short story by the English author Eric Frank Russell, originally published in the May 1955 issue of Astounding.
The story is a satire of the bureaucratic mindset - in this case in a military setting - and the second-order complications caused by a "creative" attempt to evade it. It has been collected in The Hugo Winners (1962), The Best Of Eric Frank Russell (1978), and Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell (2000), as well as a number of other anthologies.