An edition of The joy makers (1961)

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An edition of The joy makers (1961)

The joy makers

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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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Robson
Language
English
Pages
213

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Cover of: The Joy Makers
The Joy Makers
May 1997, Buccaneer Books
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The joy makers
The joy makers
1985, Robson
in English
Cover of: The joy makers
The joy makers
1984, Crown
in English - 1st Crown ed.
Cover of: The Joy Makers
The Joy Makers
1976, Panther
Paperback
Cover of: The joy makers
The joy makers
1971, Bantam Books
in English - New Bantam ed.
Cover of: The joy makers
The joy makers
March 1961, Bantam Books
Paperback

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Edition Notes

Originally published, New York , Bantam, 1961.

Published in
London
Series
Classics of modern science fiction -- v.2

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3557.U486

The Physical Object

Pagination
213p. ;
Number of pages
213

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL20241822M
ISBN 10
0860513319
OCLC/WorldCat
12479376
Library Thing
181573
Goodreads
6741123

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September 16, 2021 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
January 11, 2019 Edited by Dirk_P_Broer Added new cover
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August 18, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
October 26, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Talis record