Catacomb Years

1979 Bishop, Michael [Lawson] (1945-2023). Catacomb Years. New York: Berkley/Putnam. Parts were originally published as “If a Flower Could Eclipse.” Worlds of Fantasy 1.3 (Winter 1970-71): 152-83; rpt. in his The City and the Cygnet: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century (Bonney Lake, WA : Kudzu Planet Productions/Fairwood Press, 2019), 25-49, together with the “Interlude: The Testimony of Leland Tanner” (50-53); “Old Folks at Home.” Universe 8. Ed. Terry Carr (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978), 1-48. Rpt. (New York: Popular Library, [1978]), 7-63; in The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #1. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1979), 54-109; and in his The City and the Cygnet: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century (Bonney Lake, WA : Kudzu Planet Productions/Fairwood Press, 2019), 54-98, together with the “Interlude: The City Takes Care of Its Own” (99-100); “The Windows in Dante’s Hell.” Orbit 12. Ed. Damon [Francis] Knight (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1973): 28-45; rpt. in his The City and the Cygnet: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century (Bonney Lake, WA : Kudzu Planet Productions/Fairwood Press, 2019), 101-14, together with the “Interlude: Volplaning Heroes” (115-16); “The Samurai and the Willows.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 52.2 (297) (February 1976): 5-45; rpt. in his The City and the Cygnet: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century (Bonney Lake, WA : Kudzu Planet Productions/Fairwood Press, 2019), 117-55, together with the “Interlude: First Councilor Jarboe” (156-60); “Allegiances.” Galaxy Science Fiction 36.2 (February 1975): 20-62; rpt. in his The City and the Cygnet: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century (Bonney Lake, WA : Kudzu Planet Productions/Fairwood Press, 2019), 161-203, together with the “Interlude: The Cradle Begins to Rock” (204-05); and “At the Dixie-Apple with the Shoofly-Pie Kid.” Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy 1.4 (November 1977): 18-21, 23-25; rpt. in his The City and the Cygnet: An Alternative History of the Atlanta Urban Nucleus in the 21st Century (Bonney Lake, WA : Kudzu Planet Productions/Fairwood Press, 2019), 206-20, together with the “Interlude: The Introduction to Out and Back Again” (221-27).

Satire. Future domed city and the inhabitants. Includes, in “Old Folks at Home,” a communal utopia for senior citizens and, in “The Windows in Dante’s Hell,” an overpopulation, class-based dystopia.