A World of Difference: A Modern Novel of Science and Imagination

TitleA World of Difference: A Modern Novel of Science and Imagination
Year for Search1955
AuthorsConquest, [George] Robert [Acworth](1917-2015)
Tertiary AuthorsConquest, Robert
Date Published1955
PublisherWard, Lock
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author, US author
Annotation

An apparent eutopia is threatened by the government's use of technology to control people psychologically.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. (although specially labeled "not a reprint") without the subtitle New York: Ballantine Books, 1964.

Holding Institutions

L, Merril

Author Note

The author (1917-2015) was born and raised in England and in 1981 immigrated to the United States where he was a Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Full Text

1955 Conquest, [George] Robert [Acworth] (1917-2015). A World of Difference: A Modern Novel of Science and Imagination. London: Ward, Lock. Rpt. (although specially labeled “not a reprint”) without the subtitle New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. L, Merril

An apparent eutopia is threatened by the government’s use of technology to control people psychologically. The author was born and raised in England and in 1981 immigrated to the United States where he was a Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.