"Smart Alec"
| Title | "Smart Alec" |
| Year for Search | 1999 |
| Authors | Baker, Kage [Kate Genevieve](1952-2010) |
| Secondary Title | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| Volume / Edition | 23.9 (284) |
| Pagination | 50-68 |
| Date Published | September 1999 |
| ISSN Number | 1065-6298 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | A dystopia in which all the health and social worries of the late 20th century have been enforced and become social practice. Children do not play together for fear of disease. Only licensed adults are allowed to hug a child. Only healthy foods are allowed. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in Isaac Asimov’s Utopias. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois and Sheila Williams (New York: Ace Books, 2000), 169-201 with a note on 169. |
| Info Notes | Continued in her “Monster Story.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 25.6 (305) (June 2001): 54-69. |
| Holding Institutions | CU-Riv, Merril, PSt |
| Author Note | Female author (1952-2010). |
| Full Text | 1999 Baker, Kage [Kate Genevieve] (1952-2010). “Smart Alec.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 23.9 (284) (September 1999): 50-68. Rpt. in Isaac Asimov’s Utopias. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois and Sheila Williams (New York: Ace Books, 2000), 169-201 with a note on 169. CU-Riv, Merril, PSt A dystopia in which all the health and social worries of the late 20th century have been enforced and become social practice. Children do not play together for fear of disease. Only licensed adults are allowed to hug a child. Only healthy foods are allowed. Continued in her “Monster Story.” Asimov’s Science Fiction 25.6 (305) (June 2001): 54-69. Female author. |
