Achilles' Choice

TitleAchilles' Choice
Year for Search1991
AuthorsNiven, Larry [Lawrence van Cott](b. 1938), and Barnes, Steven [Emory](b. 1952)
Date Published1991
PublisherTor
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAfrican American author, Male author, US author
Annotation

Eutopia based on a dystopian authoritarian system in which selection for the top the elite is made by an Olympics that combines mental and physical skills with the losers not surviving.

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Author Note

Niven (b. 1938); Barnes is an African-American author (b. 1952).

Full Text

1991 Niven, Larry [Lawrence van Cott] (b. 1938) and Steven [Emory] Barnes (b. 1952). Achilles’ Choice. New York: Tor. PSt

Eutopia based on a dystopian authoritarian system in which selection for the top the elite is made by an Olympics that combines mental and physical skills with the losers not surviving.