Flawed utopia. A hyper-organized eutopia that controls all aspects of life for the benefit of each person is defeated by a young man in love with a young woman who, under the rules, he cannot marry.
BT - Vertex C6 -Although van Vogt (1912-2000) left Canada in 1944, he is considered the founder of Canadian science fiction.
C7 - August 1973 DA - 08/1973 LA - eng N1 -Rpt. in 2020 Vision. Ed. Jerry Pournelle (New York: Avon, 1974), 151-74; and in Transfinite: The Essential A.E. van Vogt. Ed. Joe Rico and Rick Katze (Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 2002), 389-407.
N2 -Flawed utopia. A hyper-organized eutopia that controls all aspects of life for the benefit of each person is defeated by a young man in love with a young woman who, under the rules, he cannot marry.
PY - 1973 SP - 40 EP - 45 SP - 76 EP - 81 T2 - Vertex TI - "Future Perfect" VL - 1.3 ER -