"Pop Squad"

Title"Pop Squad"
Year for Search2006
AuthorsBacigalupi, Paolo [Tadini](b. 1972)
Secondary TitleThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Volume / Edition111. 4 & 5 (655)
Pagination168-94
Date PublishedOctober-November 2006
ISSN Number00024-984X
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopia. Deep division between the rich and poor. The rich get annual rejuvenation shots but cannot have children. The poor are those who choose to have children, which is illegal. The "Pop Squad" is the police who kill the children.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in his Pump Six and Other Stories (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2008), 137-61; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 139-59; 2nd ed. as Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 139-59. 

Holding Institutions

Merril, PSt

Author Note

(b. 1972)

Full Text

2006 Bacigalupi, Paolo [Tadini] (b. 1972). “Pop Squad.” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 111. 4 & 5 (655) (October-November 2006): 168-94. Rpt. in his Pump Six and Other Stories (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2008), 137-61; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 139-59; 2nd ed. as Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 139-59. Merril, PSt

Dystopia. Deep division between the rich and poor. The rich get annual rejuvenation shots but cannot have children. The poor are those who choose to have children, which is illegal. The “Pop Squad” is the police who kill the children.