"Cost of Living"
| Title | "Cost of Living" |
| Year for Search | 1952 |
| Authors | Sheckley, Robert(1928-2005) |
| Secondary Title | Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) |
| Volume / Edition | 5.3 |
| Pagination | 128-136 |
| Date Published | December 1952 |
| ISSN Number | 0016-4003 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. People go into debt for consumer goods and many sign over their children's, grandchildren's, etc. earnings for their lifetime to a credit agency. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Untouched by Human Hands (New York: Ballantine Books, 1954), 12-23; in The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction. An Anthology. Ed. , Brian W[ilson]. Aldiss and Sam Lundwall (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1986), 88-97; and in The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley. Book One (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991), 17-26. |
| Holding Institutions | Merril |
| Author Note | (1928-2005) |
| Full Text | 1952 Sheckley, Robert (1928-2005). “Cost of Living.” Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 5.3 (December 1952): 128-136. Rpt. in his Untouched by Human Hands (New York: Ballantine Books, 1954), 12-23; in The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction. An Anthology. Ed. , Brian W[ilson]. Aldiss and Sam Lundwall (Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1986), 88-97; and in The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley. Book One (Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991), 17-26. Merril Dystopia. People go into debt for consumer goods and many sign over their children’s, grandchildren’s, etc. earnings for their lifetime to a credit agency. |
