## Fleep: A man wakes in a strange phone booth surrounded by concrete. Who is he? Where is he? Will he escape before running out of air? No one knows...

* Author: u/PeridexisErrant  *put aside fear for courage, and death for life**
* URL: http://www.shigabooks.com/fleep.php?page=01
* Score: 51

* Created: 2014-08-26T03:05:22

### Post:

[Link to content](http://www.shigabooks.com/fleep.php?page=01)

### Comments:

> **u/goocy** [+6]  (10 hours later)
> 
> Interesting concept, and smooth execution. It just seems that the protagonist has a bit too much knowledge (e.g., how to calculate coordinates from coriolis deviation) for a typical guy.

>> **u/Chronophilia** [+7]  *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (11 hours later)
>> 
>>  The fact that he has weirdly relevant knowledge could be [a clue that ](#s "he's had training for this, but suffered amnesia.")
>> 
>> Either that, or he's just very bright. It's all mathematics, you could figure it out in a phone booth if you had a pen and paper. And imminent death has a wonderful way of focusing the mind.
>> 
>> ... okay, and there's an element of competence porn there too. The story's no fun if he just panics. Part of the point is that the riddle is solvable - for the character, if not for the reader.

>>> **u/DaystarEld** [+3]  *Pokémon Professor* (14 hours later)
>>> 
>>> > competence porn
>>> 
>>> Ha. First time coming across that phrase. Love it.

>>>> **u/Chronophilia** [+5]  *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (14 hours later)
>>>> 
>>>> Coined by /u/dysfunctionz [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/2dn4gq/rt_how_to_succeed_in_evil_series_edwin_windsor/cjr6t8x?context=1). I'm trying to get it to catch on.

>>>>> **u/BT_Uytya** [+5]  *The Laundry* (16 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> According to UrbanDictionary, it was coined [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1yw417/why_do_you_think_weve_gravitated_towards_shows/cfoga9c).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyway, "competence porn" is *awesome*, and I very glad that /u/dysfunctionz  used it in this subreddit; I probably wouldn't learned it otherwise.

>>>>>> **u/Chronophilia** [+1]  *sci-fi ≠ futurology* (20 hours later)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'll update my RES tags accordingly.

>>>>> **u/DaystarEld** [+1]  *Pokémon Professor* (14 hours later)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll do my part to help :P

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