"Caught in the Organ Draft"
Title | "Caught in the Organ Draft" |
Year for Search | 1972 |
Authors | Silverberg, Robert(b. 1935) |
Secondary Authors | Elwood, Roger [Paul](1943-2007) |
Secondary Title | and walk now gently through the fire and other science fiction stories |
Pagination | 127-41 |
Date Published | 1972 |
Publisher | Chilton Books Co. |
Place Published | Philadelphia, PA |
Keywords | Male author, US author |
Annotation | Transplant dystopia in which young, fit people are drafted ("the organ draft") to provide an organ to keep the elderly alive. This can be any organ and may result in death; if not, the person then becomes eligible to receive organs from others for as long as they live. |
Additional Publishers | [Science Fiction Book Club ed.] (Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Books Co., 1972), 123-36. Rpt. in The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume Three: Something Wild is Loose: 1969-72 (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2008), 368-80 with an author’s note on 367; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 375-84; 2nd ed. as Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 375-84. |
Holding Institutions | Merril, PSt |
Author Note | (b. 1935) |
Full Text | 1972 Silverberg, Robert (b. 1935). “Caught in the Organ Draft.” and walk now gently through the fire and other science fiction stories. Ed. Roger [Paul] Elwood (Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Books Co., 1972), 127-41. [Science Fiction Book Club ed.] (Philadelphia, PA: Chilton Books Co., 1972), 123-36. Rpt. in The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg. Volume Three: Something Wild is Loose: 1969-72 (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2008), 368-80 with an author’s note on 367; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 375-84; 2nd ed. as Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 375-84. Merril, PSt Transplant dystopia in which young, fit people are drafted (“the organ draft”) to provide an organ to keep the elderly alive. This can be any organ and may result in death; if not, the person then becomes eligible to receive organs from others for as long as they live. |