"The Crooked Man"
| Title | "The Crooked Man" |
| Year for Search | 1955 |
| Authors | Beaumont, Charles(1929-67) |
| Secondary Title | Playboy |
| Volume / Edition | 2 |
| Pagination | 6, 8, 10, 14 |
| Date Published | August 1955 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia in which heterosexuality is illegal and heterosexuals are hunted. An operation is then required that makes everyone homosexual. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Hunger, and Other Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1958), 139-48; rpt. (New York: Bantam Books, 1959), 106-13; in his The Fiend (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1971), 61-71; and in The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1966), 274-85. |
| Holding Institutions | CNoS, PSt |
| Author Note | Beaumont (1929-67) is frequently listed as a pseudonym for Charles Leroy Nutt, but Nutt legally changed his name to Beaumont. |
| Full Text | 1955 Beaumont, Charles (1929-67). “The Crooked Man.” Playboy (Chicago, IL) 2 (August 1955): 6, 8, 10, 14. Rpt. in his Hunger, and Other Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1958), 139-48; rpt. (New York: Bantam Books, 1959), 106-13; in his The Fiend (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1971), 61-71; and in The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Chicago, IL: Playboy Press, 1966), 274-85. Dystopia in which heterosexuality is illegal and heterosexuals are hunted. An operation is then required that makes everyone homosexual. |
