@booklet {3589, title = {"Pursuit of Excellence"}, howpublished = {The Clarion Awards}, year = {1984}, note = {

Rpt. in\ The Year\&$\#$39;s Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: Bluejay Books, 1985), 302-18 with an editor\&$\#$39;s note on 301.

}, month = {1984}, pages = {155-75}, publisher = {Doubleday}, address = {Garden City, NY}, abstract = {

Dystopia of a future in which, if the parents can afford it, children can be engineered for appearance, higher intelligence, and specific skills. The story focuses on a mother wants her ideal daughter and is willing to give up her normal husband and son to be able to pay for her engineering.

}, keywords = {Female author}, author = {Rena Yount}, editor = {Damon [Francis] Knight (1922-2002)} }