@booklet {4318, title = {Acts of Terror and Delight. Book One. Winners May Weep}, year = {1992}, month = {1992}, publisher = {dean farran printproductions}, address = {Christchurch, New Zealand}, abstract = {

Part of his unpublished dystopia \"Energy Island\"; see 1988 Gilbert. See also 1985 Gilbert and 1986 Gilbert. See the note at 1952 Gilbert.

}, keywords = {Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author}, author = {G[arvin] R[obert] Gilbert (b. 1917)} } @booklet {3936, title = {"Energy Island"}, year = {1988}, note = {

Parts were published; see 1985, 1986, and 1992 Gilbert,\ Acts of Terror and Delight; and there is a privately published version of the first 628 pages, ending in mid-sentence.\ Energy Island. Lincoln, New Zealand: Clear Light \& Self Revelation Institute, 1988, which says \"This edition is not for sale. Privately printed and produced it is limited to five copies autographed by the author.\" G.R. Gilbert Papers, Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury. MB 957, Box 5, item 16, and there are other manuscripts of parts of the text--Box 3, item 7; Box 4, item 10; and Box 6, item 17.

}, month = {1988}, pages = {839 pp.}, publisher = {G. R. Gilbert Papers, Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury. MB 957, Boxes 8-9, items 33-59.}, abstract = {

Dystopia. In order to create the fuels necessary for the country, the government decides that much of the South Island of New Zealand should be used for the production of ethanol and methanol from beets and trees. It authorizes the South Island Office (SIO) of the Department of Internal Affairs to undertake the project, and it quickly effectively establishes itself as the ruler of the South Island, which becomes an authoritarian dystopia with all aspects of life controlled. A resistance movement develops, first bombing electricity pylons and ultimately setting off a small nuclear bomb in central Christchurch. The SIO is disbanded and initially leaderless self-help groups spring up, order is quickly restored throughout the South Island, and the self-help groups become small cooperative communities. A new religious community in the mountains begins to raid the plains and a war breaks out. The religious community wins the war and establishes control over much of the South Island. See the note at 1952 Gilbert.

}, keywords = {Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author}, author = {G[arvin] R[obert] Gilbert (b. 1917)} } @booklet {3656, title = {"From Energy Island"}, howpublished = {Untold (Christchurch, New Zealand)}, volume = {no. 4 }, year = {1985}, month = {Spring 1985}, pages = {49-58}, abstract = {

Dystopia. Extract from his unpublished 839 page novel, which describes a New Zealand degenerated into military rule surrounded by savagery; see 1988 Gilbert. See also 1986 and 1992 Gilbert, Acts of Terror and Delight.\ 

}, keywords = {Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author}, author = {G[arvin] R[obert] Gilbert (b. 1917)} } @booklet {3558, title = {"The Descent Into Silence"}, year = {1984}, month = {1984}, publisher = {G. R. Gilbert Papers}, address = {Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury}, abstract = {

Dystopian novel set after a nuclear war. Set in the 1940s with New Zealand collapsing, reverting to savagery. Initially the government establishes an Office of Public Co-ordination (OPC) with powers equivalent to the government to ensure the continued functioning of New Zealand, but it fails and moves to a military base where military dictatorship is established in the surrounding area. The protagonist leaves the military area and ends up joining a group of religious tribes which is also presented in dystopian terms. The manuscript is accompanied by correspondence with Wren Green, the project leader and principal\ author of the New Zealand Planning Council report \"New Zealand After Nuclear War\". Green agreed to read the novel and reported back to Gilbert in 1987 that it was an accurate reflection of the issues New Zealanders would face. See the note at 1952 Gilbert.

}, keywords = {Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author}, author = {G[arvin] R[obert] Gilbert (b. 1917)} } @booklet {1429, title = {Glass-sharp and Poisonous}, year = {1952}, month = {1952}, publisher = {Caxton Press}, address = {Christchurch, New Zealand}, abstract = {

Surreal dystopia. One focus of this short (85 page) work is a small country at war and the patriotism that can lead to killing local \"aliens\". Another focus is on a hospital in the country in which a patient will be killed rather than allowed to leave. The title refers to a mountain behind the hospital.

}, keywords = {Aotearoa New Zealand author, Male author}, author = {G[arvin] R[obert] Gilbert (b. 1917)} }