"Jesting Pilot"
| Title | "Jesting Pilot" |
| Year for Search | 1947 |
| Authors | [Kuttner], [Henry](1914-58) |
| Tertiary Authors | Padgett, Lewis [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | Astounding Science Fiction (New York) |
| Volume / Edition | 39.3 |
| Pagination | 79-89 |
| Date Published | May 1947 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | An authoritarian dystopia set in a city that has been isolated from the outside world for 600 years to protect it from the wars of the overpopulated world. The city was designed to be a eutopia precisely fitted to the needs of its citizens, who are all hypnotized. The Controllers of the city are bred and raised to run the world until the Barrier around the city is raised. The citizens know nothing of them. |
| Pseudonym | Lewis Padgett [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | Merril |
| Author Note | (1914-1958) |
| Full Text | 1947 [Kuttner, Henry] (1914-1958). “Jesting Pilot.” By Lewis Padgett [pseud.]. Astounding Science Fiction (New York) 39.3 (May 1947): 79-89. Merril An authoritarian dystopia set in a city that has been isolated from the outside world for 600 years to protect it from the wars of the overpopulated world. The city was designed to be a eutopia precisely fitted to the needs of its citizens, who are all hypnotized. The Controllers of the city are bred and raised to run the world until the Barrier around the city is raised. The citizens know nothing of these leaders |
