"Horsemen"
Title | "Horsemen" |
Year for Search | 1977 |
Authors | Aldiss, Brian [Wilson](1925-2017) |
Secondary Title | Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine |
Volume / Edition | 1.3 |
Pagination | 48-50 |
Date Published | September 1977 |
Keywords | English author, Male author |
Annotation | A simple, agricultural eutopia is destroyed by people from Earth. The people are closely in tune with their planet, vegetarian, live in marriage groups, and have rich inner lives. The arriving Earth ship releases the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death) on the planet. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. as "New Arrivals, Old Encounters." In his New Arrivals, Old Encounters. Twelve Stories (London: Jonathan Cape, 1979), 9-14. |
Holding Institutions | Merril, PSt |
Author Note | (1925-2017) |
Full Text | 1977 Aldiss, Brian [Wilson] (1925-2017). “Horsemen.” Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine 1.3 (September 1977): 48-50. Rpt. as “New Arrivals, Old Encounters.” In his New Arrivals, Old Encounters. Twelve Stories (London: Jonathan Cape, 1979), 9-14. Merril, PSt A simple, agricultural eutopia is destroyed by people from Earth. The people are closely in tune with their planet, vegetarian, live in marriage groups, and have rich inner lives. The arriving Earth ship releases the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death) on the planet. |