"The Programmed People"

Title"The Programmed People"
Year for Search1963
AuthorsSharkey, Jack [John Michael](1931-92)
Secondary TitleAmazing Stories
Volume / Edition37.6 - 7
Pagination7-55, 82-120
Date PublishedJune - July 1963
ISSN Number0002-6891
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Flawed utopia. Computer perfection with controls designed to keep the population steady. A revolt succeeds.

Additional Publishers

Repub. as Ultimatum in 2050 A.D. New York: Ace Books, 1965. Rpt. as The Programmed People. Medford, OR: Armchair Books & Music, 2010.

Info Notes

 Ace Double bound with Bruce W. Ronald, Our Man in Space (1965).  Armchair Books ed. bound with Roger Phillip Graham 1909-65, Slaves of the Crystal Brain. William Carter Sawtelle [pseud.], which was originally published in Amazing Stories 24.5 (May 1950): 8-58.

Title Note

Repub. as Ultimatum in 2050 A.D. 

Author Note

(1931-92)

Full Text

1963 Sharkey, Jack [John Michael] (1931-92). “The Programmed People.” Amazing Stories 37.6 - 7 (June - July 1963): 7-55, 82-120. Repub. as Ultimatum in 2050 A.D. New York: Ace Books, 1965. Ace Double bound with Bruce W. Ronald, Our Man in Space (1965); as The Programmed People. Medford, OR: Armchair Books & Music, 2010 bound with Roger Phillip Graham 1909-65, Slaves of the Crystal Brain. William Carter Sawtelle [pseud.], which was originally published in Amazing Stories 24.5 (May 1950): 8-58.

Flawed utopia. Computer perfection with controls designed to keep the population steady. A revolt succeeds.