“The Furniture of Life’s Ambition”

Title“The Furniture of Life’s Ambition”
Year for Search1990
AuthorsStableford, Brian [Michael](1948-2024)
Secondary AuthorsGarnett, David [S.](b. 1947)
Secondary TitleZenith 2: The Best New British Science Fiction
Pagination163-84
Date Published1990
PublisherOrbit
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Satire on a William Morris of the future who is bound to a company producing fact versions of food but then he establishes a firm to produce high-tech furniture.

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Author Note

The author (1948-2024) has a degree in Biology and a doctorate in Sociology.

Full Text

1990 Stableford, Brian [Michael] (1948-2024). “The Furniture of Life’s Ambition.” Zenith 2: The Best New British Science Fiction. Ed. David S. Garrett (London: Orbit, 1990), 163-84. DLC

Satire on a William Morris of the future who is bound to a company producing fact versions of food but then he establishes a firm to produce high-tech furniture. The author has a degree in Biology and a doctorate in Sociology.