@booklet {4046, title = {"The End-of-the-World Ball"}, howpublished = {Synergy: New Science Fiction}, volume = {Number 4}, year = {1989}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Millennium Blues\ ([New York]: e-reads, 1999), 165-83; rpt. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2001; and in\ Envisioning the Future: Science Fiction and the Next Millennium. Ed. Marleen S. Barr (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2003), 29-48 with an \"Afterword\" by the author (48).

}, month = {1989}, pages = {1-33}, publisher = {Harcourt Brace Jovanovich}, address = {San Diego, CA}, abstract = {

Various catastrophes bring about dystopia and the end of the world.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)}, editor = {George Zebrowski (b. 1945)} } @booklet {8549, title = {Crisis!}, year = {1986}, note = {

Sections originally in\ Analog\ as \“Child of the Sun\” 97.3 (March 1977): 74-90, 92-98; \“End of the World\” 101.1 (January 1984): 70-88; \“Man of the Hour\” 104.10 (October 1984): 106-28; \“Touch of the Hour\” 105.2 (February 1985): 106-29; \“Mother of the Year\” 105.4 (April 1985): 138-58; and \“Will of the Wisp\” 105.5 (May 1985): 54-76.

}, month = {1986}, publisher = {Tor}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The novel is about a man from a dysfunctional future sent to the past to try to change enough to create a better future, but every change changes both past and future, with little positive change.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {3177, title = {The Dreamers}, year = {1980}, note = {

Rpt. as\ The Mind Master. New York: Timescape, 1981.

}, month = {1980}, publisher = {Simon \& Schuster}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Flawed utopia which leaves people no challenges.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {2930, title = {Kampus. A Novel}, year = {1977}, note = {

Rpt. as the\ Collector\&$\#$39;s Edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1986 illus. Richard Powers and with an \"Introduction\" (v-viii) by Frederik\ Pohl.

}, month = {1977}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

A dystopia of the future of universities where many students are illiterate, faculty market their classes to attract such students, and the students control much of the campus. Much sex and violence.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {2479, title = {The Burning}, year = {1972}, note = {

Originally published as \"Witches Must Burn.\"\ Astounding Science Fiction\ 57.6 (August 1956): 52-91; \"Trial By Fire.\" If 19.2 (February 1969): 67-98, 142-158; and \"Witch Hunt.\"\ Galaxy Science Fiction\ 28.3 (April 1969): 5-55

}, month = {1972}, publisher = {Dell Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which a future reaction against science destroys the world.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {2480, title = {"The Old Folks"}, howpublished = {Nova 2}, year = {1972}, note = {

U.K. ed. (London: Sphere, 1975), 133-51. Rpt. in\ Best SF: 1972, Ed. Harry Harrison and Brian W[ilson] Aldiss (New York: G.P. Putnam\&$\#$39;s Sons, 1973), 29-47.

}, month = {1972}, pages = {122-40}, publisher = {Walker and Co.}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which senior citizens live in retirement communities and treat their children and grandchildren as enemies. The story is told through the eyes of a couple visiting her parents at Sunset Acres in Arizona, which is built as a eutopian version of a Kansas small town, complete with ice cream parlor. They learn that the inhabitants are united in paying their children back for all the trouble they caused them as children and ensuring that there is no money left to inherit.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)}, editor = {Harry [Max] Harrison (1925-2012)} } @booklet {1860, title = {The Immortals}, year = {1962}, note = {

Rpt. with an added \"Part III Elixir\" (91-145). New York: Pocket Books, 2004. Parts originally published as \"The Immortals.\" By Dr. Russell Pierce [pseud.].\ Star Science Fiction $\#$4. Ed. Frederik [George] Pohl, [Jr.] (New York: Ballantine Books, 1958), 108-57. Story rpt. as \"The Immortal.\" In his\ The End of the Dreams: Three Short Novels about Space, Happiness, and Immortality\ (New York: Charles Scribner\&$\#$39;s Sons, 1975), 127-77; \"New Blood.\" By Dr. Russell Pierce [pseud.].\ Astounding Science Fiction\ 56.2 (October 1955): 62-84; \"Donor.\" Fantastic Stories of Imagination 9.11 (November 1960): 49-67, 120-28; Rpt. in\ The Most Thrilling Science Fiction Ever Told\ [which reprinted stories from\ Fantastic], no. 1 (1966): 3-30; \"Not So Great an Enemy\" [in the book as \"Medic\"].\ Venture Science Fiction\ 1.4 (4) (July 1957): 4-44; rpt. in the UK edition of\ Venture Science Fiction, no. 6 (February 1964): 76-112. \"Elixir\" was also published separately in\ Analog Science Fact Science Fiction\ 124.5 (May 2004): 8-29.

}, month = {1962}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Transplant dystopia with society controlled by doctors.\ 

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {1669, title = {"Every Day is Christmas"}, howpublished = {Super Science Fiction }, volume = {1.2}, year = {1957}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Future Imperfect\ (New York: Bantam Books, 1964), 61-80.

}, month = {February 1957}, pages = {88-111}, abstract = {

Dystopian world in which subliminal advertising is aired twenty-four hours a day.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {1562, title = {"Little Orphan Android"}, howpublished = {Galaxy Science Fiction (New York)}, volume = {10.6 }, year = {1955}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Future Imperfect\ (New York: Bantam Books, 1964), 17-45.

}, month = {September 1955}, pages = {4-34}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which androids and robots almost completely control humans and wipe human memories for disobedience. A small group of humans begin to educate themselves so that they can regain power over their lives. One theme is consumer androids developed to keep industrial society consuming goods at the highest possible level, which is similar to 1954 Pohl, \"The Midas Plague.\"

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, issn = {0016-4003 }, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {1590, title = {Star Bridge}, year = {1955}, month = {1955}, publisher = {Gnome Press}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Authoritarian dystopia in which a company controls the earth and the rebellion against it.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Jack [John Stewart] Williamson (1908-2006) and James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {1563, title = {This Fortress World}, year = {1955}, note = {

Abr. ed. New York: Ace Books, 1957.

}, month = {1955}, publisher = {Gnome Press}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Mostly adventure but includes a dystopia with a dominant religion. The society has four classes, the nobility, the church, free-traders, and mercenaries, who are hired killers.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} } @booklet {1535, title = {"A Word for Freedom"}, howpublished = {If: Worlds of Science Fiction }, volume = {2.6 }, year = {1954}, month = {January 1954}, pages = {68-81}, abstract = {

Dystopia of stratification and technological control. Contrast is provided by a practical joker.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James E[dwin] Gunn (1923-2020)} }