"The Shining City"
| Title | "The Shining City" |
| Year for Search | 1952 |
| Authors | Vale, Rena [Marie](1898-1983) |
| Secondary Title | Science Fiction Quarterly |
| Volume / Edition | 1.5 |
| Pagination | 10-48 |
| Date Published | May 1952 |
| Keywords | US author |
| Annotation | Authoritarian dystopia and generally unsuccessful revolt. |
| Holding Institutions | Merril |
| Author Note | The female author (1898-1983) testified on communism before the Dies Committee (House Committee on Un-American Activities chaired from 1938 to 1944 by Martin Dies, Jr. [1900-72]) in 1940, provided an affidavit on communism to the California Un-American Activities Committee in 1942, and compiled lists of communists in Southern California for the Subversive Squad of the Los Angeles District Attorney. |
| Full Text | 1952 Vale, Rena [Marie] (1898-1983). “The Shining City.” Science Fiction Quarterly 1.5 (May 1952): 10-48. Merril Authoritarian dystopia and a generally unsuccessful revolt. The female author testified on communism before the Dies Committee (House Committee on Un-American Activities chaired from 1938 to 1944 by Martin Dies, Jr. [1900-72]) in 1940, provided an affidavit on communism to the California Un-American Activities Committee in 1942, and compiled lists of communists in Southern California for the Subversive Squad of the Los Angeles District Attorney. |
