"102 H-Bombs"

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Title"102 H-Bombs"
Year for Search1965
AuthorsDisch, Thomas M[ichael](1940-2008)
Secondary TitleFantastic Stories of the Imagination
Volume / Edition14.3
Pagination31-56
Date PublishedMarch 1965
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia of militarism in which in what is officially a "non-war" 30,000 U.S. men are killed every year. To provide more soldiers, all orphanages are taken over by the military and the age for active service is lowered to 14 (the Pentagon wants to lower it to 10). People from a briefly depicted future eutopia visit and help people to recognize the futility of war.
Additional Publishers

 Rpt in his one hundred and two H-Bombs and other science fiction stories (London: Roberts & Vinter, 1966), 9-38. U.S. ed. as One Hundred and Two H-Bombs (New York: Berkley, 1971), 8-38. Book repub. with different contents as White Fang Goes Dingo and other funny s.f. stories (London: Arrow Books, 1971), 7-33. Story rpt. in The Early Science Fiction Stories of Thomas M. Disch (Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1977), 130-59.
Holding Institutions

L, Merril, PSt
Author Note

(1940-2008)
Full Text

1966 Disch, Thomas M[ichael] (1940-2008). “102 H-Bombs.” Fantastic Stories of the Imagination 14.3 (March 1965): 31-56. Rpt in his one hundred and two H-Bombs and other science fiction stories (London: Roberts & Vinter, 1966), 9-38. U.S. ed. as One Hundred and Two H-Bombs (New York: Berkley, 1971), 8-38. Book repub. with different contents as White Fang Goes Dingo and other funny s.f. stories (London: Arrow Books, 1971), 7-33. Story rpt. in The Early Science Fiction Stories of Thomas M. Disch (Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1977), 130-59. L, Merril, PSt

Dystopia of militarism in which in what is officially a “non-war” 30,000 U.S. men are killed every year. To provide more soldiers, all orphanages are taken over by the military and the age for active service is lowered to 14 (the Pentagon wants to lower it to 10). People from a briefly depicted future eutopia visit and help people to recognize the futility of war.