The joy makers
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Word Count
53,250 words, Guess
Page Count
213 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100860513319
- ISBN-139780860513315
- Goodreads6741123
- OCLC Control Number12479376
- Better World Books9780860513315
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL20241822M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3557.U486
Description
The three parts of James Gunn's fix-up novel The Joy Makers (1961) were originally published in magazine form in 1955 as 'Name Your Pleasure,' 'The Naked Sky', and 'The Unhappy Man.' I have not read the originals so I'm unsure of how much was added or subtracted or completely re-conceptualized. Largely a satire -- Gunn pushes his point to the logical, and terrifying extreme -- each part is a further chronological progression of a society whose chief aim is to make people happy. It is hard not to read Part I as a satirical take on some aspects of Scientology, a movement that was gaining force in the early 1950s.
Series Statement
- Classics of modern science fiction -- v.2
Other Editions
- The joy makers
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