"Franchise (with apologies to W. S. Gilbert)"

Title"Franchise (with apologies to W. S. Gilbert)"
Year for Search1955
AuthorsAsimov, Isaac(1920-92)
Secondary TitleIf
Volume / Edition5.5
Pagination2-15
Date PublishedAugust 1955
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Satire. One individual chosen by computer to vote in any given election.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his Earth Is Room Enough; science fiction tales of our own planet (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1957), 58-73; rpt. (New York: Bantam Books, 1959), 45-59; and in Election Day 2084: A Science Fiction Anthology on the Politics of the Future. Ed. Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984), 11-24. 

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, PSt

Author Note

The author (1920-92) was born in Russia, brought to the U. S. age three, and became a U.S. citizen in 1928. His name was anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov

Full Text

1955 Asimov, Isaac (1920-92). “Franchise (with apologies to W. S. Gilbert).” If (Buffalo, NY) 5.5 (August 1955): 2-15. Rpt. in his Earth Is Room Enough; science fiction tales of our own planet (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1957), 58-73; rpt. (New York: Bantam Books, 1959), 45-59; and in Election Day 2084: A Science Fiction Anthology on the Politics of the Future. Ed. Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984), 11-24. MoU-St, PSt

Satire. One individual chosen by computer to vote in any given election. The author was born in Russia, brought to the U. S. age three, and became a U.S. citizen in 1928. His name was anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov