"Pale Hands"

Title"Pale Hands"
Year for Search1974
AuthorsPiserchia, Doris(1928-2021)
Secondary AuthorsKnight, Damon [Francis](1922-2002)
Secondary TitleOrbit
Volume / Edition15
Pagination28-40
Date Published1974
PublisherHarper & Row
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number978-1-59853-732-1
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

The story is set in a future New York City where sex is prohibited to control population and Fifth Avenue is lined with masturbation booths.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 202-217, with a biographical note on 458-460 and a note on the text on 485.

Author Note

Female author (1928-2021)

Full Text

1974 Piserchia, Doris (1928-2021). “Pale Hands.” Orbit 15. Ed. Damon [Francis] Knight (New York: Harper & Row, 1974), 28-40. Rpt. in The Future is Female! More Classic Science Fiction by Women Volume 2: The 1970s. Ed. Lisa Yaszek (New York: Library of America, 2023), 202-217, with a biographical note on 458-460 and a note on the text on 485. PSt

The story is set in a future New York City where sex is prohibited to control population and Fifth Avenue is lined with masturbation booths. Female author.