"A Voice Across The Years"

Title"A Voice Across The Years"
Year for Search1932
Authors[Pratt], [Inga Marie Stephens](1906-70), and Pratt, [Murray] Fletcher(1897-1956)
Tertiary AuthorsStephens, I. M. [pseud.], and Pratt, Fletcher
Secondary TitleAmazing Stories Quarterly (Dunnellen, NJ)
Volume / Edition 5.1
Pagination2-73
Date PublishedWinter 1932
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author, Male author
Annotation

Mostly interplanetary adventure but describes a scientifically advanced alien civilization. Eugenics--children are tested and sterilized or killed if they have criminal tendencies. Rigid class system run by scientists. Young adults are tested by having to survive in a wilderness where killing is the norm. Cities are all in very tall buildings generally built on unproductive land. Education through sleep teaching.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. as Alien Planet. New York: Avalon, 1962; and New York: Ace Books, 1962.

Title Note

Rpt. as Alien Planet

Pseudonym

I.M. Stephens [pseud. of Inga Marie Stephens Pratt

Holding Institutions

CU-Riv, Merril

Author Note

Inga (1906-70) Fletcher (1897-1956)

Full Text

1932 [Pratt, Inga Marie Stephens] (1906-70) and [Murray] Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956). “A Voice Across The Years.” By I.M. Stephens [pseud.] and [Murray] Fletcher Pratt. Amazing Stories Quarterly (Dunnellen, IL) 5.1 (Winter 1932): 2-73. Rpt. as Alien Planet. New York: Avalon, 1962; and New York: Ace Books, 1962. CU-Riv, Merril

Mostly interplanetary adventure but describes a scientifically advanced alien civilization. Eugenics--children are tested and sterilized or killed if they have criminal tendencies. Rigid class system run by scientists. Young adults are tested by having to survive in a wilderness where killing is the norm. Cities are all in very tall buildings generally built on unproductive land. Education through sleep teaching. Female co-author.