Hell's pavement / Damon Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Damon, 1922-2002, author.

Contributor:

Berkey, John.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behavior modification--Fiction.

Behavior modification.

Science fiction, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

208 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1971]

Summary:

"The story postulates a technique for dealing with asocial behavior by giving everyone an "analogue", a mental imprint of an authority figure that intervenes whenever violent or otherwise harmful acts are contemplated. Most of the story takes place in the 22nd century after analogue treatments have been universally applied for more than 100 years. The United States has broken up into semi-autonomous regions in which the analogue treatment is used to enforce whatever societal norms benefit the ruling classes. The narrative centers on Arthur Bass, who realizes at an early age that he is an "immune", i.e. resistant to the analogue treatment. Bass is identified and recruited by the members of a clandestine group of immunes who are working to overthrow the analogue system."--Wikipedia.

Notes:

"May 1971"--Verso of title page.

"A Fawcett Gold Medal Book."

Reprint. Originally published in 1955 by Lion Books, New York. Published by Berkely Books in 1962 under the title Analogue men.

Cover art by John Berkey -- Internet speculative fiction database.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

OCLC:

534642