"Past, Present and Future"

Title"Past, Present and Future"
Year for Search1937
AuthorsSchachner, Nat[haniel](1895-1955)
Tertiary AuthorsSchachner, Nat
Secondary TitleAstounding Stories
Volume / Edition 20.1
Pagination60-89
Date PublishedSeptember 1937
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

A dystopia on a post catastrophe Earth of a hierarchical city with people living on levels appropriate to their status. First in a series of dystopias in which people from various past times experience various other dystopias. Sequels are 1937 Schachner, "City of the Rocket Horde," and 1938 and 1939 Schachner, "City of the Corporate Mind" and "City of the Cosmic Rays".

Illustration

Illus. [Hans Waldemer] Weeso[lowski] (1894-1948)

Author Note

(1895-1955)

Full Text

1937 Schachner, Nat[haniel] (1895-1955). “Past, Present and Future.” Illus. [Hans Waldemer] Weeso[lowski] (1894-1948). Astounding Stories 20.1 (September 1937): 60-89.

A dystopia of a post catastrophe Earth set in a hierarchical city with people living on levels appropriate to their status. First in a series of dystopias in which people from various past times experience various other dystopias. Sequels are 1937 Schachner, "City of the Rocket Horde," and 1938 and 1939 Schachner, "City of the Corporate Mind" and "City of the Cosmic Rays".