"The Radium Bugs"
| Title | "The Radium Bugs" |
| Year for Search | 1940 |
| Authors | Weinbaum, Helen [Rose](1906-82) |
| Secondary Title | Super Science Stories |
| Volume / Edition | 1.4 |
| Pagination | 91-114, 116-118, 125 |
| Date Published | September 1940 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | While a central premise of the story is straightforward science fiction, it begins in a U. S. dictatorship, which punishes any deviance by freezing. When an earthquake awakes the protagonist 300 years later, he finds himself in a telepathic, vegetarian society that only allows the telepathic to live, which can be considered a flawed utopia. |
| Illustration | Illus. Leo[poldo Raul] Morey [y Pena] (1899-1965] |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female author (1906-82) was the sister of Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum (1902-35), the well-known science fiction author. She was also known under her married name, Helen Weinbaum Kasson. |
| Full Text | 1940 Weinbaum, Helen [Rose] (1906-82). “The Radium-Bugs.” Illus. Leo[poldo Raul] Morey [y Pena] (1899-1965]. Super Science Stories 1.4 (September 1940): 91-114, 116-118, 125. PSt While a central premise of the story is straightforward science fiction, it begins in a U. S. dictatorship, which punishes any deviance by freezing. When an earthquake awakes the protagonist 300 years later, he finds himself in a telepathic, vegetarian society that only allows the telepathic to live, which can be considered a flawed utopia. The female author was the sister of Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum (1902-35), the well-known science fiction author. She was also known under her married name, Helen Weinbaum Kasson. |
