“Our Aim Is Not to Die”

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2019
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A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
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A white supremacist, patriarchal dystopia in which everyone is under constant surveillance, and there are required medical/mental checks to ensure that everyone is straight. Lobotomies, now called neural reformatting therapy, are used to “cure” the non-conforming. 

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27-48
Published Date

2019

Publisher
One World
Place Published
New York
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2019 Rustad, A. Merc. “Our Aim Is Not to Die.” A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers. Ed. Victor LaValle (b. 1972) and John Joseph Adams (b. 1976) (New York: One World, 2019), 27-48. PSt 

A white supremacist, patriarchal dystopia in which everyone is under constant surveillance, and there are required medical/mental checks to ensure that everyone is straight. Lobotomies, now called neural reformatting therapy, are used to “cure” the non-conforming. Queer non-binary author.

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