"Pop Squad"

Year for Search
2006
Secondary Title
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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Dystopia. Deep division between the rich and poor. The rich get annual rejuvenation shots but cannot have children. The poor are those who choose to have children, which is illegal. The "Pop Squad" is the police who kill the children.

Volume / Edition
111. 4 & 5 (655)
Pagination
168-94
Published Date

October-November 2006

ISSN Number
00024-984X
Keywords
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2006 Bacigalupi, Paolo [Tadini] (b. 1972). “Pop Squad.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 111. 4 & 5 (655) (October-November 2006): 168-94. Rpt. in his Pump Six and Other Stories (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2008), 137-61; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 139-59; 2nd ed. as Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 139-59. Merril, PSt

Dystopia. Deep division between the rich and poor. The rich get annual rejuvenation shots but cannot have children. The poor are those who choose to have children, which is illegal. The “Pop Squad” is the police who kill the children.

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Rpt. in his Pump Six and Other Stories (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2008), 137-61; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 139-59; 2nd ed. as Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 139-59. 

Author Note

(b. 1972)

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