"The Life and Times of Multivac"
| Title | "The Life and Times of Multivac" |
| Year for Search | 1975 |
| Authors | Asimov, Isaac(1920-92) |
| Secondary Title | The New York Times Magazine |
| Pagination | 12, 51, 56, 58, 70 |
| Date Published | January 5, 1975 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Flawed utopia in which everyone lives well, but all important decisions are made by a large computer, which, for example, decides who can have children and when. Also, people are only allowed to do unimportant work and that only with permission. |
| Author Note | The author (1920-92) was born in Russia, brought to the U. S. age three, and became a U.S. citizen in 1928. His name was anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov |
| Full Text | 1975 Asimov, Isaac (1920-92). “The Life and Times of Multivac.” The New York Times Magazine (January 5, 1975): 12, 51, 56, 58, 70. Flawed utopia in which everyone lives well, but all important decisions are made by a large computer, which, for example, decides who can have children and when. Also, people are only allowed to do unimportant work and that only with permission. The author was born in Russia, brought to the U. S. age three, and became a U.S. citizen in 1928. His name was anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov |
