The Physiognomy
| Title | The Physiognomy |
| Year for Search | 1997 |
| Authors | Ford, Jeffrey(b. 1955) |
| Date Published | 1997 |
| Publisher | Avon Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | The first volume in a series. This volume depicts a corrupt, authoritarian dystopia based on the detailed study of the shapes of the parts the human body with people being disfigured or condemned based on those shapes. After the dystopia collapses, a primitive eutopia is briefly presented in the last chapter. His Memoranda. New York: Avon Eos, 1999 is a sequel in which the primitive eutopia is attacked by the leader of the failed dystopia. In the third volume, The Beyond. New York: Tor, 2001 the protagonist of the first two searches “the Beyond,” which appears to be a version of Hell, hoping for forgiveness for his actions in the first volume. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: AvonEos, 1998. |
| Holding Institutions | Merril |
| Author Note | (b. 1955) |
| Full Text | 1997 Ford, Jeffrey (b. 1955). The Physiognomy. The first volume in a series. This volume depicts a corrupt, authoritarian dystopia based on the detailed study of the shapes of the parts the human body with people being disfigured or condemned based on those shapes. After the dystopia collapses, a primitive eutopia is briefly presented in the last chapter. His Memoranda. New York: Avon Eos, 1999 is a sequel in which the primitive eutopia is attacked by the leader of the failed dystopia. In the third volume, The Beyond. New York: Tor, 2001 the protagonist of the first two searches “the Beyond,” which appears to be a version of Hell, hoping for forgiveness for his actions in the first volume. |
