"The Faceless Man"

1971 Vance, Jack [John Holbrook] (1916-2013). “The Faceless Man.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 40.2 - 3 (February - March 1971): 5-58; 57-107. Rpt. as The Anome. Durdane: Book 1. New York: Dell, 1973. U.K. ed. London: Coronet, 1975. Repub. as The Faceless Man. New York: Ace Books, 1978; and as Durdane 1. The Faceless Man. San Francisco, CA: Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1984. Rpt. in Durdane. London: VGSF, 1989, which also contains The Brave Free Men. Durdane: Book II (New York: Dell, 1972) and The Asutra (New York: Dell, 1973). All are separately paged. Durdane is also rpt. as vol. 27 of The Complete Works of Jack Vance. Oakland, CA: Vance Integral Editions, 2005. The Anome (1-206); The Brave Free Men (207-422); and The Asutra (223-617). HRC, L, Merril, MoU-St, TxU

Authoritarian dystopia in which every adult must wear an explosive device around their neck which can be set off by the rulers.