"Events"

Title"Events"
Year for Search2015
AuthorsNicholls, Stan
Secondary AuthorsWhates, Ian [George](b. 1959)
Secondary TitleStories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK’S Healthcare Workers
Pagination225-35
Date Published2015/2020
PublisherNewCon Press
Place PublishedWeston, Eng
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

The story takes place in a future after a complete economic collapse in which reading is prohibited, and the entire economy is based on the lottery for when one gets to see the regular, spectacular “events,” attendance at and approval of which is compulsory.

Additional Publishers

Originally published in Novacon 45 Souvenir Booklet. Events / Heatwave. Birmingham, Eng.: The Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 2015.

Author Note

(b. 1949)

Full Text

2015 Nicholls, Stan (b. 1949). “Events.” Stories of Hope and Wonder in Support of the UK’S Healthcare Workers. Ed. Ian [George] Whates. Weston, Eng.: NewCon Press, 2020), 225-35. EBook. Originally published in Novacon 45 Souvenir Booklet. Events / Heatwave. Birmingham, Eng.: The Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 2015.

The story takes place in a future after a complete economic collapse in which reading is prohibited, and the entire economy is based on the lottery for when one gets to see the regular, spectacular “events,” attendance at and approval of which is compulsory.