The story is set in a future U.S. that is short of food and judges peoples’ worthiness to be fed on judgements made by computers on their possible future contributions to society.
BT - Galaxy Magazine C1 -Rpt. as "Broke Down Engine.” In his Broke Down Engine and Other Troubles with Machines (New York: Macmillan/London: Collier-Macmillan, 1971), 27-35.
C2 -Uncredited Illus.
C5 -PSt
C6 -(1933-2022)
C7 - November 1969 DA - 11/1969 LA - eng N1 -Rpt. in Galaxy Science Fiction [UK] (December 1969) with the same pagination; and as “Broke Down Engine.” In his Broke Down Engine and Other Troubles with Machines (New York: Macmillan/London: Collier-Macmillan, 1971), 27-35.
N2 -The story is set in a future U.S. that is short of food and judges peoples’ worthiness to be fed on judgements made by computers on their possible future contributions to society.
PY - 1969 SP - 111 EP - 118 T2 - Galaxy Magazine TI - “Broke and Hungry, No Place to Go” VL - 29.3 SN - 0016-4003 ER -