The Undesirables
| Title | The Undesirables |
| Year for Search | 1997 |
| Authors | Smith, Mary C.(b. 1936) |
| Date Published | 1997 |
| Publisher | Black Heron Press |
| Place Published | Seattle, WA |
| ISBN Number | 0-930773-47-0 |
| Keywords | Female author, US author |
| Annotation | An apparent eutopia (no war, no gender or racial discrimination) is in fact an authoritarian dystopia. The bureaucracy manipulates the apparent direct democracy, mates people to produce the “right” offspring, and uses drugs as a means of social control. Those who don’t fit in are brainwashed or sterilized. The novel focuses on the struggle to reform it. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The female author (b. 1936) is a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer. |
| Full Text | 1997 Smith, Mary C. (b. 1936). The Undesirables. An apparent eutopia (no war, no gender or racial discrimination) is in fact an authoritarian dystopia. The bureaucracy manipulates the apparent direct democracy, mates people to produce the “right” offspring, and uses drugs as a means of social control. Those who don’t fit in are brainwashed or sterilized. The novel focuses on the struggle to reform it. The female author is a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer. |
