The Wanting Seed

TitleThe Wanting Seed
Year for Search1962
Authors[Wilson], [John Anthony Burgess](1917-1993)
Tertiary AuthorsBurgess, Anthony [pseud.]
Date Published1962
PublisherHeinemann
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Overpopulation dystopia in which homosexuality is encouraged to keep down population growth. Various methods were being used to keep population down including a fake war (called Extermination Sessions) and State condoned infanticide.

Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1963. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. U.K. ed. rpt. London: Hamlyn Paperbacks, 1983 with "A Foreword" by the author comparing A Clockwork Orange and The Wanting Seed; and in his Future Imperfect: The Wanting Seed. 1985 (London: Vintage, 1994), 1-282, which reprints the 1983 foreword (ix-xii) and includes his "1985 and The Wanting Seed--An Introduction" (v-viii).

Pseudonym

Anthony Burgess [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1917-1993)

Full Text

1962 [Wilson, John Anthony Burgess] (1917-1993). The Wanting Seed. By Anthony Burgess [pseud.]. London: Heinemann. U.S. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1963. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. U.K. ed. rpt. London: Hamlyn Paperbacks, 1983 with an unpaged “A Foreword” by the author comparing A Clockwork Orange and The Wanting Seed; and in his Future Imperfect: The Wanting Seed. 1985 (London: Vintage, 1994), 1-282, which reprints the 1983 foreword (ix-xii) and includes his “1985 and The Wanting Seed--An Introduction” (v-viii). PSt

Overpopulation dystopia in which homosexuality is encouraged to keep down population growth. Various methods were being used to keep population down including a fake war (called Extermination Sessions) and State condoned infanticide.