"A Criminal Act"

Year for Search
1967
Secondary Title
Analog Science Fiction--Science Fact
Author
Annotation

A future dystopia in which no couple is allowed to have more than two children.

Volume / Edition
78.5
Pagination
50-61
Published Date

January 1967

ISSN Number
1059-2113
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1967 Harrison, Harry [Max] (1925-2012). “A Criminal Act.” Illus. Kelly Freas. Analog Science Fiction--Science Fact 78.5 (January 1967): 50-61. Rpt. in The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories. Ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1992), 350-62. PSt

A future dystopia in which no couple is allowed to have more than two children. The author was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, with his father changing the surname to Harrison shortly after his birth, and he legally changed his name to Harry Max Harrison at age thirty. He was born and raised in the U. S. and lived in Mexico for a year, in Denmark for seven years, and then in the U.S., Ireland, and England for many years, and he died in England.

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Illus. Kelly Freas

Author Note

The author (1925-2012) was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, with his father changing the surname to Harrison shortly after his birth, and he legally changed his name to Harry Max Harrison at age thirty. He was born and raised in the U. S. and lived in Mexico for a year, in Denmark for seven years, and then in the U.S., Ireland, and England for many years, and he died in England.

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