"The Dominant Style"

Title"The Dominant Style"
Year for Search1991
AuthorsMcMullen, Sean [Christopher](b. 1948)
Secondary TitleAurealis (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Volume / Edition no. 4
Pagination66-75
Date Published1991
ISBN Number1-875356-06-6
KeywordsAustralian author, Male author
Annotation

Flawed utopia. Far future genetically engineered eutopia which has produced an unchanging, inflexible society because everyone’s position in life, including occupation, is genetically determined. Following the story is a footnote on 245 that concludes “Imagine a world where industry and population are balanced and sustainable, where war is a hazy memory, and where crime seldom amounts to more than petty theft. If the people were happy, healthy and free, would it matter that they lived under some constraints?

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his Call to the Edge (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion, 1992), 225-45.

Author Note

Australian author (b. 1948).

Full Text

1991 McMullen, Sean [Christopher] (b. 1948). “The Dominant Style.” Aurealis (Melbourne, VIC, Australia), no. 4 (1991): 66-75. Rpt. in his Call to the Edge (North Adelaide, SA, Australia: Aphelion Publications, 1992), 225-45. PSt

Flawed utopia. Far future genetically engineered eutopia which has produced an unchanging, inflexible society because everyone’s position in life, including occupation, is genetically determined. Following the story is a footnote on 245 that concludes “Imagine a world where industry and population are balanced and sustainable, where war is a hazy memory, and where crime seldom amounts to more than petty theft. If the people were happy, healthy and free, would it matter that they lived under some constraints? Australian author.