Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes
Title | Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes |
Year for Search | 1986 |
Authors | Reynolds, Mack [Dallas McCord](1917-83), and [Gould], [Alan](b. 1951) |
Tertiary Authors | Banks, Michael [A.] [pseud.] |
Date Published | 1986 |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | Male author, US author |
Annotation | A Universal Disarmament Treaty has supposedly eliminated war by banning all weapons developed after 1900, but gladiatorial contests using pre-1900 weapons have become the means of settling disputes between both corporations and governments. But nuclear weapons still exist, and a situation arises in which they might be used, but in the end the three main power-blocs, the Western bloc, the Soviet bloc, and Common Europe agree to cooperate. |
Info Notes | Based loosely on a story by Reynolds with the same title published in Analog Science Fact--Science Fiction 74.2 - 4 (October - December 1964): 17-41, 43-64, 50-73. |
Pseudonym | Michael Banks [pseud.] |
Holding Institutions | AzPh, CU-Riv, Merril |
Author Note | Credited as Mack Reynolds (1917-83) with Michael Banks. |
Full Text | 1986 Reynolds, Mack [Dallas McCord] (1917-83) with Michael [A.] Banks (b. 1951). Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes. New York: Baen Books, 1986. Based loosely on a story by Reynolds with the same title published in Analog Science Fact--Science Fiction 74.2 - 4 (October – December 1964): 17-41, 43-64, 50-73; rpt. as Time Gladiator. New York: Lancer Books, 1964. AzPh, CU-Riv, Merril, PSt A Universal Disarmament Treaty has supposedly eliminated war by banning all weapons developed after 1900, but gladiatorial contests using pre-1900 weapons have become the means of settling disputes between both corporations and governments. But nuclear weapons still exist, and a situation arises in which they might be used. In the end the three main power-blocs, the Western bloc, the Soviet bloc, and Common Europe agree to cooperate. |