"The Post-mortem People"

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1966
Secondary Title
New Worlds Science Fiction
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Transplant dystopia in which the ability to transplant organs leads to the development of an elaborate system to profit from the death of others by claiming their bodies.

Volume / Edition
49.160
Pagination
70-85
Published Date

March 1966

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1966 Tate, Peter (b. 1940) “The Post-mortem People.” New Worlds Science Fiction 49.160 (March 1966): 70-85. Rpt. in Themes in Science Fiction; A Journey into Wonder. Ed. Leo P[atrick] Kelley (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972), 383-97; in Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds. Ed. Michael Moorcock (London: Panther, 1968), 70-; and in his Seagulls under Glass and Other Stories (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975), 115-130, with an Introduction by the author on 115. Slightly rev. as "Beyond the Weeds." in SF 12. Ed Judith Merril (Np: Delacorte Press, 1968), 137-153. Rpt. (New York: Dell, 1969), 137-153. Merril, MoU-St

Transplant dystopia in which the ability to transplant organs leads to the development of an elaborate system to profit from the death of others by claiming their bodies. Welsh author.

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Rpt. in Themes in Science Fiction; A Journey into Wonder. Ed. Leo P[atrick] Kelley (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972), 383-97; in Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds. Ed. Michael Moorcock (London: Panther, 1968), 70-; and in his Seagulls under Glass and Other Stories (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975), 115-130, with an Introduction by the author on 115. Slightly rev. as "Beyond the Weeds." in SF 12. Ed Judith Merril (Delacorte Press, 1968), 137-154; rpt. (New York: Dell, 1969), 134-154. 

Author Note

(b. 1940)

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