A Journal of the Flood Year
Title | A Journal of the Flood Year |
Year for Search | 1992 |
Authors | [Lilienthal], [David Eli](b. 1927) |
Tertiary Authors | Ely, David [pseud.] |
Date Published | 1992 |
Publisher | David I. Fine |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Male 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.]. 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 |