"A Gentle Dying"
| Title | "A Gentle Dying" |
| Year for Search | 1961 |
| Authors | Pohl, Frederik [George] [Jr.](1919-2013), and Kornbluth, C[yril] M[ichael](1923-1958) |
| Tertiary Authors | Kornbluth, C. M. |
| Secondary Title | Galaxy Magazine |
| Volume / Edition | 19.5 |
| Pagination | 68-75 |
| Date Published | June 1961 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopian satire on the innocence of children. A wealthy children's book author establishes a research institute to find ways for children to avoid growing up. Successful, the children then eliminate all adults; only the author is allowed to die a natural death. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in their The Wonder Effect (New York: Ballantine Books, 1962), 47-54. |
| Full Text | 1961 Pohl, [Jr.], Frederik [George] (1919-2013) and C[yril] M[ichael] Kornbluth (1923-58). “A Gentle Dying.” Galaxy Magazine 19.5 (June 1961): 68-75. Rpt. in their The Wonder Effect (New York: Ballantine Books, 1962), 47-54. Dystopian satire on the innocence of children. A wealthy children's book author establishes a research institute to find ways for children to avoid growing up. Successful, the children then eliminate all adults; only the author is allowed to die a natural death. |
