"One of Them"

Title"One of Them"
Year for Search1977
AuthorsDorman, T[homas] E[dwin](b. 1914)
Tertiary AuthorsDorman, T. E.
Secondary TitleLandfall 121 (New Zealand)
Volume / Edition31.1
Pagination51-60
Date PublishedMarch 1977
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

Post-catastrophe dystopia in which those choosing to live outside the clean areas are hunted down and killed. The protagonist, who is a young man on his first hunt, thinks of the clean area in both eutopian and dystopian terms (the beauty, the cleanliness, the punishment gangs) and chooses to join the outsiders.

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Author Note

Aotearoa/ New Zealand author (b. 1914).

Full Text

1977 Dorman, T[homas] E[dwin] (b. 1914). “One of Them.” Landfall 121 (New Zealand) 31.1 (March 1977): 51-60. ATL

Post-catastrophe dystopia in which those choosing to live outside the clean areas are hunted down and killed. The protagonist, who is a young man on his first hunt, thinks of the clean area in both eutopian and dystopian terms (the beauty, the cleanliness, the punishment gangs) and chooses to join the outsiders. Aotearoa/ New Zealand author.