“Assignment No. 1”
| Title | “Assignment No. 1” |
| Year for Search | 2024 |
| Authors | Robinett, Stephen(1941-2004) |
| Secondary Authors | Ellison, Harlan [Jay](1934-2018), and Straczynski, J. Michael |
| Secondary Title | The Last Dangerous Visions |
| Pagination | 59-68, with a note on the author as of 1976 and after on 68. |
| Date Published | 2024 |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Place Published | Ashland, OR |
| ISBN Number | 979-8-212-61378-1 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The rather poignant story set in 2046 is told from the point of few of a young boy whose adored grandfather has had a number of stroke and whose mother insists that her father-in-law be sent to what is colloquially known as a tank farm (somatorium) where people are kept in individual tanks and are hooked up to a system that allows them to live the best moments of their lives until they die. They can, though, choose to stay awake in their new reality. |
| Info Notes | Some of the stories not previously published that Ellison had accepted for publication in the never published three volume Last Dangerous Visions plus a few more recent stories intended to reflect current issues. The book includes three sections by Straczynski, “A Brief Introduction to Last Dangerous Visions” (xi-xv), “Ellison Exegesis” that explains, among other things, why Ellison did not complete the volume (1-56), and “Afterword. Tetelestal! Compiling The Last Dangerous Visions” (415-418). |
| Illustration | Illus. Tim Kirk |
| Holding Institutions | PSt, Public |
| Author Note | (1941-2004) |
| Full Text | 2024 Robinett, Stephen [Allen] (1941-2004). “Assignment No. 1.” Illus. Tim Kirk. The Last Dangerous Visions. Ed. Harlan [Jay] Ellison. Comp. J. Michael Straczynski (Ashland, OR: Blackstone Publishing, 2024), 59-68, with a note on the author as of 1976 and after on 68. Some of the stories not previously published that Ellison had accepted for publication in the never published three volume Last Dangerous Visions plus a few more recent stories intended to reflect current issues. The book includes three sections by Straczynski, “A Brief Introduction to Last Dangerous Visions” (xi-xv), “Ellison Exegesis” that explains, among other things, why Ellison did not complete the volume (1-56), and “Afterword. Tetelestal! Compiling The Last Dangerous Visions” (415-418). PSt, Public The rather poignant story set in 2046 is told from the point of few of a young boy whose adored grandfather has had a number of stroke and whose mother insists that her father-in-law be sent to what is colloquially known as a tank farm (somatorium) where people are kept in individual tanks and are hooked up to a system that allows them to live the best moments of their lives until they die. They can, though, choose to stay awake in their new reality. |
