"The Ghost Writer"

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1973
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Universe
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Flawed utopia presenting a society of high technical ability that is strongly opposed to change or difference. The story focuses on "authors" who simply repeat fragments of the great writers of the past and one who, having admitted that he writes his own material, is eliminated.

Volume / Edition
3
Pagination
61-73
Published Date

1973

Publisher
Random House
Place Published
New York
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1973 Effinger, George Alec (1947-2002). “The Ghost Writer.” Universe 3. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Random House, 1973), 61-73.

Flawed utopia presenting a society of high technical ability that is strongly opposed to change or difference. The story focuses on “authors”, who simply repeat fragments of the great writers of the past and one who, having admitted that he writes his own material, is eliminated.

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(1947-2002)

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