The Long Orbit

TitleThe Long Orbit
Year for Search1988
AuthorsFarren, Mick [Michael Anthony](1943-2013)
Date Published1988
PublisherBallantine Books
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Complex future dystopia where many people lived fantasy lives and robots did their work for them. The novel focuses on a man who lived the fantasy of being a detective in the 1940s but is hired to be a detective in the real world of corporate conflict.

Additional Publishers

U.K. ed. as Exit Funtopia. London: Sphere, 1989.

Title Note

U.K. ed. as Exit Funtopia

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

(1943-2013)

Full Text

1988 Farren, Mick [Michael Anthony] (1943-2013). The Long Orbit. New York: Ballantine Books. U.K. ed. as Exit Funtopia. London: Sphere, 1989. PSt

Complex future dystopia where many people lived fantasy lives and robots did their work for them. The novel focuses on a man who lived the fantasy of being a detective in the 1940s but is hired to be a detective in the real world of corporate conflict. English author best-known as a musician.