"Civilization"
| Title | "Civilization" |
| Year for Search | 2004 |
| Authors | Boudinot, Ryan(b. 1972) |
| Secondary Title | McSweeney's |
| Volume / Edition | [no. 14] |
| Pagination | 69-77 |
| Date Published | Early Fall 2004 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. A society where teenagers may be required to kill their parents as a duty; parents are expected to cooperate. No justification given. Refers to Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) as important early literature, but it is a Nineteen Eighty-Four rewritten to reflect current expectations. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in The Best of McSweeney's Volume 2. Ed. Dave Eggers (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005), 20-32. |
| Info Notes | Cover title Timothy McSweeney's at war for the forseeable future and he's never been so scared. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1972) |
| Full Text | 2004 Boudinot, Ryan (b. 1972). “Civilization.” McSweeney’s, [no. 14] (Early Fall 2004): 69-77. [Cover title Timothy McSweeney’s at war for the forseeable future and he’s never been so scared]. Rpt. in The Best of McSweeney’s Volume 2. Ed. Dave Eggers (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005), 20-32. PSt Dystopia. A society where teenagers may be required to kill their parents as a duty; parents are expected to cooperate. No justification given. Refers to Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) as important early literature, but it is a Nineteen Eighty-Four rewritten to reflect current expectations. U.S. author. |
