A Journal of the Flood Year

TitleA Journal of the Flood Year
Year for Search1992
Authors[Lilienthal], [David Eli](b. 1927)
Tertiary AuthorsEly, David [pseud.]
Date Published1992
PublisherDavid I. Fine
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Flawed eutopia. Follows the development of a catastrophe in a technologically advanced but authoritarian society. Socially this future has a "Second Bill of Rights" guaranteeing the right of each citizen "a healthy and pain-free longevity, and the full development of his or her capacity for physical pleasure." Almost no physical contact, drugs and machines for pleasure. No live births. The US that has built a wall far out into the Atlantic. The novel follows the protagonist through the US prison system where he has been sent for arguing that the wall is leaking.

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. London: Phoenix, 1992.

Pseudonym

David Ely [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

MoS, O

Author Note

(b. 1927)

Full Text

1992 [Lilienthal, David Eli] (b. 1927). A Journal of the Flood Year. By David Ely [pseud.]. New York: David I. Fine. U.K. ed. London: Phoenix, 1992. MoS, O

Flawed eutopia. The novel follows the development of a catastrophe in a technologically advanced but authoritarian society. Socially this future has a “Second Bill of Rights” guaranteeing the right of each citizen “a healthy and pain-free longevity, and the full development of his or her capacity for physical pleasure.” Almost no physical contact, drugs and machines for pleasure. No live births. The US that has built a wall far out into the Atlantic. The novel follows the protagonist through the US prison system where he has been sent for arguing that the wall is leaking.