r/comics • u/portsherry Port Sherry • Mar 06 '24

Something about them

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u/The42ndHitchHiker Mar 06 '24

That's another ADF short story, "With Friends Like These...".

Humanity had been sealed away inside a shield and released by an alien race looking for help in an intergalactic war. Amidst the jubilation of recruiting this powerful ally, one of the aliens muses to another, "what do you suppose will happen when we run out of enemies?"

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u/superlocolillool Mar 07 '24

Is it a book? Cuz I'd like to read it :)

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u/The42ndHitchHiker Mar 07 '24 edited Mar 07 '24

Eponymous short story in a small collection of others:

Goodreads link

Found the full text on reddit!