"Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?"

Title"Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?"
Year for Search1971
AuthorsWilhelm, Kate [Katie Gertrude Meredith](1928-2018)
Secondary TitleQuark
Volume / Edition3
Pagination88-100
Date Published1971
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

A story of multiple futures for one person. One is an authoritarian dystopia where everyone is required to watch a TV channel a specified number of hours each day. Another is an overpopulation dystopia. None are positive.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in her The Infinity Box: A collection of speculative fiction (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 219-32.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

Female author (1928-2018)

Full Text

1971 Wilhelm, Kate [Katie Gertrude Meredith] (1928-2018). “Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?” Quark 3 (1971): 88-100. Rpt. in her The Infinity Box: A collection of speculative fiction (New York: Harper & Row, 1975), 219-32. PSt

A story of multiple futures for one person. One is an authoritarian dystopia where everyone is required to watch a TV channel a specified number of hours each day. Another is an overpopulation dystopia. None are positive. Female author.