@booklet {5337, title = {V.A.O.}, year = {2002}, note = {

Rpt. in\ The Year\’s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner Dozois (New York: St. Martin\’s Griffin, 2003), 339-366 with an editor\’s introduction on 339; in\ Cities. Ed. Peter Crowther (London: Gollancz, 2003), 247-92; and as \"VAO.\" In his\ Paradise Tales\ (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press, 2011), 62-100.

}, month = {2002}, publisher = {PS Publishing}, address = {Harrogate, Eng.}, abstract = {

V.A.O. stands for Victim Activated Ordinance and includes a variety of mechanisms designed to protect people. The focus of this novella is its use to protect the elderly and its misuse both to control them and by some old people to fight back.

}, keywords = {Canadian author, Male author, UK author, US author}, author = {Geoff[rey Charles] Ryman (b. 1951)} }