"Little Orphan Android"
| Title | "Little Orphan Android" |
| Year for Search | 1955 |
| Authors | Gunn, James E[dwin](1923-2020) |
| Secondary Title | Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) |
| Volume / Edition | 10.6 |
| Pagination | 4-34 |
| Date Published | September 1955 |
| ISSN Number | 0016-4003 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia in which androids and robots almost completely control humans and wipe human memories for disobedience. A small group of humans begin to educate themselves so that they can regain power over their lives. One theme is consumer androids developed to keep industrial society consuming goods at the highest possible level, which is similar to 1954 Pohl, "The Midas Plague." |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Future Imperfect (New York: Bantam Books, 1964), 17-45. |
| Holding Institutions | KU, PSt |
| Author Note | (1923-2020) |
| Full Text | 1955 Gunn, James [Edwin] (1923-2020). “Little Orphan Android.” Galaxy Science Fiction (New York) 10.6 (September 1955): 4-34. Rpt. in his Future Imperfect (New York: Bantam Books, 1964), 17-45. KU, PSt Dystopia in which androids and robots almost completely control humans and wipe human memories for disobedience. A small group of humans begin to educate themselves so that they can regain power over their lives. One theme is consumer androids developed to keep industrial society consuming goods at the highest possible level, which is similar to 1954 Pohl, “The Midas Plague.” |
