The Wanting Seed
| Title | The Wanting Seed |
| Year for Search | 1962 |
| Authors | [Wilson], [John Anthony Burgess](1917-1993) |
| Tertiary Authors | Burgess, Anthony [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1962 |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Overpopulation dystopia in which homosexuality is encouraged to keep down population growth. Various methods were being used to keep population down including a fake war (called Extermination Sessions) and State condoned infanticide. |
| Additional Publishers | U.S. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1963. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. U.K. ed. rpt. London: Hamlyn Paperbacks, 1983 with "A Foreword" by the author comparing A Clockwork Orange and The Wanting Seed; and in his Future Imperfect: The Wanting Seed. 1985 (London: Vintage, 1994), 1-282, which reprints the 1983 foreword (ix-xii) and includes his "1985 and The Wanting Seed--An Introduction" (v-viii). |
| Pseudonym | Anthony Burgess [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (1917-1993) |
| Full Text | 1962 [Wilson, John Anthony Burgess] (1917-1993). The Wanting Seed. By Anthony Burgess [pseud.]. London: Heinemann. U.S. ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1963. Rpt. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. U.K. ed. rpt. London: Hamlyn Paperbacks, 1983 with an unpaged “A Foreword” by the author comparing A Clockwork Orange and The Wanting Seed; and in his Future Imperfect: The Wanting Seed. 1985 (London: Vintage, 1994), 1-282, which reprints the 1983 foreword (ix-xii) and includes his “1985 and The Wanting Seed--An Introduction” (v-viii). PSt Overpopulation dystopia in which homosexuality is encouraged to keep down population growth. Various methods were being used to keep population down including a fake war (called Extermination Sessions) and State condoned infanticide. |
