@booklet {6371, title = {"The Precedent"}, howpublished = {The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction }, volume = {119.1 \& 2 (690)}, year = {2010}, note = {

\ Rpt. in Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction. Ed. John Joseph Adams (New York: Saga Press, 2015), 172-202. Merril

}, month = {July-August 2010}, pages = {230-56}, abstract = {

Dystopia. All those born in the twentieth century are assumed to be guilty of contributing to the destruction of the environment, which carries the death penalty.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, issn = {00024-984X }, author = {Sean [Christopher] McMullen (b. 1948)} } @booklet {5800, title = {"The Engines of Arcadia"}, howpublished = {Futureshocks}, year = {2006}, month = {2006}, pages = {55-71}, publisher = {Roc}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Flawed eutopia. A future which has adopted the medieval Arcadia as its model and the flaws in the system.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {Sean [Christopher] McMullen (b. 1948)}, editor = {Lou Anders} } @booklet {9278, title = {Souls in the Great Machine}, year = {1999}, month = {1999}, publisher = {Tor}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The first volume of a trilogy, known as the Greatwinter trilogy, set two thousand years in the future in a world threatened with a new ice age. There is no electricity and very limited technology. The \“Great Machine\” is a calculator based on enslaving thousands of \“components\” who do the calculations. Sequels are The Miocene Arrow. New York: Tor, 2000, which is set in an America of rigid class distinctions being undermined by some Australians; and Eyes of the Calculor. New York: Tor, 2001 in which the elaborate social structure is falling apart and group of librarians plot to build a new calculating machine.

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {Sean [Christopher] McMullen (b. 1948)} } @booklet {4249, title = {"The Dominant Style"}, howpublished = {Aurealis (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)}, volume = { no. 4}, year = {1991}, note = {

Rpt. in his\ Call to the Edge\ (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion, 1992), 225-45.

}, month = {1991}, pages = {66-75}, abstract = {

Flawed utopia. Far future genetically engineered eutopia which has produced an unchanging, inflexible society because everyone\’s position in life, including occupation, is genetically determined. Following the story is a footnote on 245 that concludes \“Imagine a world where industry and population are balanced and sustainable, where war is a hazy memory, and where crime seldom amounts to more than petty theft. If the people were happy, healthy and free, would it matter that they lived under some constraints?\”

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, isbn = {1-875356-06-6}, author = {Sean [Christopher] McMullen (b. 1948)} }