@booklet {9197, title = {"The Byrds"}, howpublished = {Changes: Stories of Metamorphosis. An Anthology of Speculative Fiction About Startling Metamorphoses, Both Psychological and Physical}, year = {1983}, note = {

Rpt. in Northern Stars. The Anthology of Canadian Science Fiction. Ed. David G. Hartwell and Glenn Grant (New York: Tor, 1994), 188-99.

}, month = {1983}, pages = {97-111}, publisher = {Ace Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The story, which is about people who use technology, such as anti-gravity belts, to emulate birds, is set in a future with restrictions on population size that encourages the elderly to be euthanized. The Department of Rest establishes how much the population has to fall and sends out a monthly brochure Your Choice for Peace to senior citizens with a form in which that are asked to \“describe all that is good about their life, and a few of the things which bug them. At the end of the form is a box in which the oldster indicates his preference for Life or Peace. If he does not check the box, or if he fails to complete the form, it is assumed that he has chosen Peace, and the send the Wagon for him\” (189). This is a very small part of the story.\ 

}, keywords = {Canadian author, English author, Male author}, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)}, editor = {Michael [Lawson] Bishop (1945-2023) and Ian Watson (b. 1943)} } @booklet {2748, title = {The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch}, year = {1975}, note = {

U.K. ed. as\ The Girl With a Symphony in Her Fingers. Morley, Eng.: The Elmfield Press, 1975.

}, month = {1975}, publisher = {DAW Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia. Society where personal slavery has replaced imprisonment for certain crimes.

}, keywords = {Canadian author, English author, Male author}, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)} } @booklet {11899, title = {Winter{\textquoteright}s Children}, year = {1974}, note = {

Rpt. London: Sphere Books, [1976].

Parts originally published as \“Discover a Latent Moses.\” Illus. Jack Gaughan (1930-1985) Galaxy Science Fiction 30.1 (April 1970): 32-53, 158; and \“The Snow Princess.\” Illus. Uncredited. Galaxy Science Fiction 31.2 (January 1971): 28-54.

}, month = {1974}, pages = {192 pp.}, publisher = {Gollancz}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Dystopia set in a new ice age in a small community threatened by cannibals and telepathic Pads controlled by a single man.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, isbn = {0-575-01851-8 }, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)} } @booklet {2557, title = {Friends Come in Boxes}, year = {1973}, month = {1973}, publisher = {DAW Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Authoritarian dystopia with control of access to immortality. The dystopia that is produced by an usual means of achieving immortality that requires the brains of the immortals to be kept in boxes until the body of a baby is available to receive it. But, with immortality available, few babies are born.\ 

}, keywords = {Canadian author, English author, Male author}, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)} } @booklet {2429, title = {"The Mind Prison"}, howpublished = {New Writings in S-F }, volume = {19}, year = {1971}, month = {1971}, pages = {11-37}, publisher = {Dennis Dobson}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Dystopia. People had lived in a building originally built as a fall-out shelter and expanded as population grew. Fear of the outside, encouraged by the male leaders, keeps people inside long after it is no longer necessary.

}, keywords = {Canadian author, English author, Male author}, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)}, editor = {[Edward] John Carnell (1912-72)} } @booklet {2333, title = {"R26/5/PSY and I"}, howpublished = {New Writings in S-F}, volume = { 16}, year = {1970}, month = {1970}, pages = {129-49}, publisher = {Dennis Dobson}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Overpopulation dystopia where few people have jobs and food is strictly rationed. Many people come to be completely apathetic and never leave their rooms. The story is about therapy to overcome this condition.

}, keywords = {Canadian author, English author, Male author}, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)}, editor = {[Edward] John Carnell (1912-72)} } @booklet {2284, title = {"The Truth Worth of Ruth Villiers"}, howpublished = {New Writings in S-F }, volume = {17}, year = {1970}, month = {1970}, pages = {171-90}, publisher = {Dobson}, address = {London}, abstract = {

Satire on the welfare system. Individuals are each valued, and all services provided are based upon their credit worth.

}, keywords = {Canadian author, English author, Male author}, author = {Michael G[reatrex] Coney (1932-2005)}, editor = {[Edward] John Carnell (1912-72)} }