@booklet {2196, title = {"Conquest by Default"}, howpublished = {Analog Science Fiction--Science Fact }, volume = {81.3 }, year = {1968}, note = {

Rpt. in\ Imperial Stars. Vol. 2 Republic and Empire. Ed. Jerry Pournelle with John F. Carr (New York: Baen, 1987), 252-89; in\ Vinge, Threats . . . and Other Promises\ (New York: Baen, 1988), 30-71; and in\ The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge\ (New York: Tor, 2001), 159-86 with notes by the author.

}, month = {May 1968}, pages = {54-84}, abstract = {

Libertarian eutopia that presents a violent society as positive because no group can get large enough to hold formal power.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, issn = {1059-2113 }, author = {Vernor [Steffen] Vinge (1944-2024)} }