"Golden Acres"

Title"Golden Acres"
Year for Search1967
AuthorsReed, Kit [Lilian Craig](1932-2017)
Secondary TitleMister da V. and other Stories
Pagination172-94
Date Published1967
PublisherFaber and Faber
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopian old age home. An elderly couple moves into an old age home and quickly find that all the rules and regulations mean that their lives are completely controlled.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Willis E. McNelly and Leon E. Stover (Pacific Palisades, CA: Goodyear Publishing Co., 1972), 51-66; and in Voyages: Scenarios for a Ship Called Earth. Ed. Rob Sauer (New York: Zero Population Growth/Ballantine Books, 1971), 170-90.

Holding Institutions

Merril, NLS, PSt

Author Note

The female author (1932-2017) had her name legally changed from Lilian Craig Reed to Kit Reed.

Full Text

1967 Reed, Kit [Lilian Craig] (1932-2017). “Golden Acres.” In her Mister da V. and other Stories (London: Faber and Faber, 1967), 172-94. Rpt. in Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Willis E. McNelly and Leon E. Stover (Pacific Palisades, CA: Goodyear Publishing Co., 1972), 51-66; and in Voyages: Scenarios for a Ship Called Earth. Ed. Rob Sauer (New York: Zero Population Growth/Ballantine Books, 1971), 170-90. Merril, NLS, PSt

Dystopian old age home. An elderly couple moves into an old age home and quickly find that all the rules and regulations mean that their lives are completely controlled. The female author had her name changed legally from Lilian Craig Reed to Kit Reed.