TY - ABST T1 - Harrad/Premar Becomes The Love-Ed Solution: K-16 Sex and Education for the 21st Century Y1 - 2000 A1 - Robert H[enry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Sequel to 1966 and 1975 Rimmer that follows their model in presenting excerpts from the diaries kept by students. This novel simply extends and combines the themes of the first two with a greater emphasis on multi-racial and multi-ethnic roommates and groups of roommates. See the note at 1966 Rimmer and 1968, 1978, 1980, and 1982 Rimmer.

PB - Writers Club Press CY - San Jose, CA U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Byrdwhistle Option Y1 - 1982 A1 - Robert H[enry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Another of Rimmer's depiction of the good life through sex, although here, as in some of his other works, he includes economic equality. In this novel a corporation only employs married couples, with each person paid the same salary, but it encourages them to explore all the sexual options available. Refers to the Oneida Community, but it is not a reflection of its practices. See also 1966, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1982, and 2000 Rimmer.

PB - Prometheus Books CY - Buffalo, NY U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Love Explosion Y1 - 1980 A1 - Robert H[enry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Another of Rimmer's novels of the good life through sex. In this novel two couples have sexual and other revelations while on a vacation on Guadeloupe, which produces a temporary utopia, which is then incorporated into their lives. See also 1966, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1982, and 2000 Rimmer.

PB - New American Library CY - New York U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Love Me Tomorrow Y1 - 1978 A1 - Robert H[enry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

Revision of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888) to produce a highly eroticized eutopia. Although the theorist of the society presents himself as a reincarnation of Bellamy, and wrote a book entitled Looking Backward II, the economics are based on the people's corporation proposed by Louis Kelso (1913-91) and the political system on the ideas of Rexford G. Tugwell (1891-1979). The Church of United Love or Unilove is related to Tantrism and based in part on the ideas of Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957). There is also a new language called Loglan, which is used together with English. 

PB - New American Library CY - New York U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Premar Experiments Y1 - 1975 A1 - Robert H[enry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A sequel to 1966 Rimmer. Premar = premarital. In this novel, Harrad College expands its experiment as described in 1966 Rimmer to include an ethnically, financially, and racially diverse population living communally. In the earlier novel all the people were white, extremely intelligent, and of similar ethnicity. Here the sexual relations cross all those borders. A part of the plan is to rejuvenate the generally poor areas within which the communes are established. See 1966, 1968, 1978, 1982, and 2000 Rimmer.

PB - Crown CY - New York N1 -

Rpt. New York: Signet, 1976

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Proposition 31 Y1 - 1968 A1 - Robert [Henry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

A version of Rimmer's sexual eutopia. Proposition 31, found on page 255, would legalize group marriage and the novel is about one such foursome. The novel includes the design for a house that reflects the new way of living. See also 1966, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, and 2000 Rimmer.

PB - New American Library CY - New York U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Harrad Experiment Y1 - 1966 A1 - Robert [Henry] Rimmer (1917-2001) KW - Male author KW - US author AB -

The good life through sex, but while the emphasis is on the sex, there is a section (225-37) giving the details of a plan for reforming society and the means and stages of doing so, primarily by revamping education with some material on economics and the laws regarding marriage and divorce. Harrad is a college in which men and women are assigned as roommates with the expectation of sexual relations. The men are taught the system of birth control used in the Oneida Community under the leadership of John Humphrey Noyes (1811-86). See also 1968, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982, and 2000 Rimmer.

PB - Sherburne Press CY - Los Angeles, CA N1 -

Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1967. 25th anniversary ed. with Exciting New Material. New York: Prometheus Books, 1990. The additions include "The Harrad/Premar Solution" (252-75), an expanded "Annotated Bibliography" (277-90), and "Loving, Learning, Laughter & Ludamus: The Autobiography of Robert H. Rimmer" (291-324). 

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