"Thanatos"

Title"Thanatos"
Year for Search1976
AuthorsMcIntyre, Vonda N[eel](1948-2019)
Secondary AuthorsDann, Jack [Mayo](b. 1945), and Dozois, Gardner R[aymond](1947-2018)
Secondary TitleFuture Power: A Science Fiction Anthology
Pagination167-74 with an editors' note (165-67).
Date Published1976
PublisherRandom House
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Authoritarian dystopia in a world where all plants and animals have died. Everyone convicted of a crime is kept alive while attached to machines that pump from them all the nutrients needed to sustain others.

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Author Note

Female author (1948-2019)

Full Text

1976 McIntyre, Vonda N[eel] (1948-2019). “Thanatos.” Future Power: A Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Jack [Mayo] Dann and Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: Random House, 1976), 167-74 with an editors’ note (165-67). PSt

Authoritarian dystopia in a world where all plants and animals have died. Everyone convicted of a crime is kept alive while attached to machines that pump from them all the nutrients needed to sustain others. Female author.