“Frozen Foods 2000 AD”

Title“Frozen Foods 2000 AD”
Year for Search1954
AuthorsWilliams, Edwin William(1908-1997)
Secondary TitleQuick Frozen Foods
Pagination101-108
Date PublishedFebruary 1954
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

A version of the sleeper wakes in which a man is accidentally knocked out in the 1950s and appears to awake in a 2000 quite different from that in Bellamy’s Looking Backward (1888). In the ‘50s all the frozen food businesses are going broke from undermining each other. In 2000, they have combined through what is called an Impartial Industrial Authority, as have other industries. Essentially, each industry controls everything related to the industry, such as, for example, food is only available frozen and it is available everywhere. All work industries in tandem to create a society where cities are air conditioned, “the function of government is to serve industry, not run it” (104), minimum prices are set by law, and supply and demand was equalized. For analysis and context, see Justin Nordstrom, “A Frozen Fantasy for Cold War America.” Utopian Studies 34.2 (2023): 174-192.

Info Notes

For analysis and context, see Justin Nordstrom, “A Frozen Fantasy for Cold War America.” Utopian Studies 34.2 (2023): 174-192.

Author Note

(1908-1997) Some sources give the birth date as 1912, but obituaries published in 1997 say he was 88.

Full Text

1954 Williams, Edwin William (1908-1997). “Frozen Foods 2000 AD.” Quick Frozen Foods (February 1954): 101-108. Some sources give the birth date as 1912, but obituaries published in 1997 say he was 88. US

A version of the sleeper wakes in which a man is accidentally knocked out in the 1950s and appears to awake in a 2000 quite different from that in Bellamy’s Looking Backward (1888). In the ‘50s all the frozen food businesses are going broke from undermining each other. In 2000, they have combined through what is called an Impartial Industrial Authority, as have other industries. Essentially, each industry controls everything related to the industry, such as, for example, food is only available frozen and it is available everywhere. All work industries in tandem to create a society where cities are air conditioned, “the function of government is to serve industry, not run it” (104), minimum prices are set by law, and supply and demand was equalized. For analysis and context, see Justin Nordstrom, “A Frozen Fantasy for Cold War America.” Utopian Studies 34.2 (2023): 174-192.