"The Atavists"
| Title | "The Atavists" |
| Year for Search | 1955 |
| Authors | Rymer, G. A. |
| Secondary Title | A.D. 2500: The Observer Prize Stories 1954 |
| Pagination | 131-43 |
| Date Published | 1955 |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Place Published | London |
| Annotation | Dystopia of a degenerated world of people of low intelligence deliberately created by the intelligent leaders of the "Total Scientific World State" to serve in factories. They are not sexually active and spend all their time watching T.V. or playing sports. They are called "folksies," speak "Babytalk," and are mostly illiterate. |
| Holding Institutions | CU-Riv, L, NLS |
| Full Text | 1955 Rymer, G.A. “The Atavists.” A.D. 2500: The Observer Prize Stories 1954 (London: William Heinemann, 1955), 131-43. CU-Riv, L, NLS Dystopia of a degenerated world of people of low intelligence deliberately created by the intelligent leaders of the “Total Scientific World State” to serve in factories. They are not sexually active and spend all their time watching T.V. or playing sports. They are called “folksies,” speak “Babytalk,” and are mostly illiterate. |
