@booklet {11583, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Acts of Defiance{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = { Burning Brightly: 50 Years of Novacon}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {49-63}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {[Weston, Eng.]}, abstract = {

The story is set on one of the islands of Orkney, Scotland, where the protagonist had moved to distance himself from the current regime that destroys books that meet its disapproval and kills dissidents. Having destroyed all philosophy books, it is now coming for his favorite novels.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author, Scottish author}, isbn = {978-1-914953-03-3}, author = {Eric Brown (1960-2023)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {11180, title = {"Death Aid"}, howpublished = {London Centric: Tales of Future London}, year = {2020}, month = {2020}, pages = {177-200}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {[Weston], Eng.}, abstract = {

The story is set in Croydon in South London after the Eurowars and the protagonists are all survivors, mostly from the military, dealing with injuries, PSTD, poor housing, and, for many, no purpose in life. The expanded European Union, known as Neo Euro, which includes a United Ireland, states that have broken away from Europe, and a dysfunctional United Kingdom, establishes radical new policies to deal with housing, the homeless, and health care, but the U.K. fails to introduce any of the reforms, and the story is set in a Croydon in South London, where people have taken things into their own hands. In this setting, some of the veterans are deciding whether or not to rejoin the United Nations military with the aim of suppressing the government of Myanmar, which is still killing its citizens. The story is riddled with typos.\ 

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, isbn = {978-1-912950-73-7 }, author = {Joseph Elliott-Coleman}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {10962, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Gulliver{\textquoteright}s Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World. Part V: A Voyage To The Island of The Wolves{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK{\textquoteright}S Healthcare Workers}, year = {2020}, month = {2020}, pages = {460-71}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {Weston, Eng.}, abstract = {

Gulliver is thrown off a hip and ends up on an island that at first appears to be inhabited solely by a community of mostly young vegetarians who do not wear clothes and are promiscuous. But then, in what turns out to be a yearly ceremony, a pack of clothed wolves walking on two legs appear who feed on the humans.\ 

}, keywords = {English author, Male author, Welsh author}, author = {Philip Palmer (b. 1960)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {10931, title = {{\textquotedblleft}A Conclusion{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK{\textquoteright}S Healthcare Workers}, year = {2018}, note = {

Originally published in audio format as an Audible original.

}, month = {2018/2020}, pages = {225-46}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {Weston, Eng.}, abstract = {

The story is set in a future of constant surveillance by the Company, which is everywhere.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Paul Cornell (b. 1967)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {10017, title = {"Escape Hatch"}, howpublished = {2001: An Odyssey in Words: Commemorating the Centenary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke{\textquoteright}s Birth}, year = {2018}, note = {

Rpt. in Best of British Science Fiction 2018. Ed. Donna Scott ([Weston, Eng.]: NewCon Press, 2019), 155-59.\ 

}, month = {2018}, pages = {33-38}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {[Weston], Eng.}, abstract = {

An entrance to an apparent eutopia appears, and the story explores the response of one woman who visited and returned.\ 

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Matthew De Abaitua (b. 1971)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959) and Tom Hunter} } @booklet {9010, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Browsing: Security Issue{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Nature}, volume = {533.7604 }, year = {2016}, month = {May 26, 2016}, pages = {572}, abstract = {

Surveillance dystopia.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {9481, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Montpellier{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Galaxy{\textquoteright}s Edge}, volume = {no. 19}, year = {2016}, note = {

Rpt. in Best of British Science Fiction. Ed. Donna Scott ([Weston, Eng.]: NewCon Press, 2017), 267-79.\ 

}, month = {March/April 2016}, pages = {43-48}, abstract = {

The story is set in a city divided between the well-off and the slums. Montpellier is one of four high-rise buildings built in the slums that were intended to provide a better life but failed, in large part because the well-off were providing addictive drugs to the people living there. Hope is held out at the end.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {10964, title = {"Events"}, howpublished = {Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK{\textquoteright}S Healthcare Workers}, year = {2015}, note = {

Originally published in Novacon 45 Souvenir Booklet. Events / Heatwave. Birmingham, Eng.: The Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 2015.

}, month = {2015/2020}, pages = {225-35}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {Weston, Eng}, abstract = {

The story takes place in a future after a complete economic collapse in which reading is prohibited, and the entire economy is based on the lottery for when one gets to see the regular, spectacular \“events,\” attendance at and approval of which is compulsory.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Stan Nicholls}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {8191, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Faith Without Teeth{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Solaris Rising 3: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction}, year = {2014}, note = {

Rpt. in his The 1000 Year Reich and Other Stories ([Weston, Eng]: NewCon Press, 2016), 189-199 with an author\’s note on 199.\ 

}, month = {2014}, pages = {135-49}, publisher = {Solaris}, address = {Oxford, Eng.}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which everyone is expected to voluntarily have their teeth removed so that everyone is equal.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Ian Watson (b. 1943)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {10652, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Palestinian Sweets{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {La Femme}, year = {2014}, month = {2014}, pages = {9-35}, publisher = {New Con Press}, address = {[Weston], England}, abstract = {

A very odd story in which London is divided into areas dominated by competing religions, with the areas demarcated by smell.\ 

}, keywords = {Male author, Welsh author}, author = {Stephen Palmer (b. 1962)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {8928, title = {{\textquotedblleft}Charlie{\textquoteright}s Ant{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers}, year = {2013}, note = {

Rpt. in the Edinburgh International Science Festival Special Edition of Shoreline of Infinity, no. 11\½ (Spring 2018): 36-45.\ 

}, month = {2013}, pages = {117-25}, publisher = {NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers}, address = {[Weston, Eng]}, abstract = {

High-tech farming creates a dystopia..

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Adrian [Czajkowski] (b. 1972)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {8921, title = {"Contraband"}, howpublished = {Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {21-41}, publisher = {NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers}, address = {[Weston, Eng]}, abstract = {

Climate change dystopia.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Terry Martin}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {8918, title = {{\textquotedblleft}The World Coyote Made{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Looking Landwards: Stories Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of Agricultural Engineers}, year = {2013}, month = {2013}, pages = {71-95}, publisher = {NewCon Press in Association with The Institute of Agricultural Engineers}, address = {[Weston, Eng]}, abstract = {

Climate change dystopia in which technology is used to create food and return extinct animals to the wild.

}, keywords = {Dutch author, Male author}, author = {Jetse de Vries}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {9980, title = {"Shop Talk"}, howpublished = {Warrior Wisewoman}, volume = {No. 2}, year = {2009}, month = {2009}, pages = {23-44}, publisher = {Norilana Books Science Fiction}, address = {Winnetka, CA}, abstract = {

The story, which has elements of humor and fantasy, is set on a future Earth that had colonized space but had become extremely insular and tried to keep everyone in the town in which they were born.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)}, editor = {Robey James} } @booklet {6139, title = {"The Man of the Strong Arm"}, howpublished = {Celebration: An anthology of original short stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association}, year = {2008}, month = {2008}, pages = {215-35}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {[Weston], Eng.}, abstract = {

Dystopia with elements of satire on SF. The dystopia is a male chauvinist society that honors the strongest man and keeps most men in ignorance. Women are essentially slaves, but there is a strong women\&$\#$39;s underground.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Adam [Charles] Roberts (b. 1965)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} } @booklet {6028, title = {"Peculiar Bone, Unimaginable Key"}, howpublished = {Celebration: An anthology of original short stories commemorating the 50th anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association}, year = {2008}, month = {2008}, pages = {157-73}, publisher = {NewCon Press}, address = {[Weston], Eng.}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which Europe and the Islamic countries have agreed to end conflict with Europe agreeing to ban alcohol and the Islamic countries agree to end honor killing.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {Brian W[ilson] Aldiss (1925-2017)}, editor = {Ian [George] Whates (b. 1959)} }