@booklet {2654, title = {"The Great Wall of Mexico"}, howpublished = {Bad Moon Rising}, year = {1973}, note = {

U.K. ed. without the T. in his name (London: Hutchinson of London, 1974), 125-58. Rpt. without the T. in his name in his\ Keep the Giraffe Burning\ (London: Panther, 1977), 168-99; and again without the T. in his name in SciFiction www.scifi.com/scifiction/ Posted December 22, 2005. No longer available online.

}, month = {1973}, pages = {114-146}, publisher = {Harper \& Row}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Future satirical U.S. dystopia in which there is an incompetent president, the government spies on everyone, the elderly are warehoused, and a wall is built to keep out illegal immigrants. 1971 Waskow is probably the basis for this.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author, US author}, isbn = {06-011046-5}, author = {John T[homas] Sladek (1937-2000)}, editor = {Thomas M[ichael] Disch (1940-2008)} } @booklet {2092, title = {"The Happy Breed"}, howpublished = {Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories}, year = {1967}, month = {1967}, pages = {414-31 with an "Introduction" (414-15) by Ellison and an "Afterword" (431-32) by Sladek}, publisher = {Doubleday}, address = {Garden City, NY}, abstract = {

Dystopia of a world without pain. The Therapeutic Environment Machines initially provide therapy, thus putting all therapists out of work, but gradually they come to control all aspects of life. They provided complete medical care, thus putting all doctors out of work. The only jobs were \“Happiness Jobs--make-work invented by the Machines.\” The Machines then regress everybody back to childhood. U.S. author who lived in the U.K. for about twenty years from 1966.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author, US author}, author = {John T[homas] Sladek (1937-2000)}, editor = {Harlan [Jay] Ellison (1934-2018)} }