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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.

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Panther
Pages
224

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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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Paperback
Number of pages
224

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OL7882782M
ISBN 10
0586042660
ISBN 13
9780586042663
Library Thing
181573
Goodreads
1889284

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January 21, 2019 Edited by Dirk_P_Broer Added new cover
November 4, 2011 Edited by WorkBot merge works
July 27, 2011 Edited by Hilary Caws-Elwitt merge authors
August 6, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record