Title: Year Nine
Title Record # 98748
Author: Cyril Connolly
Date: 1938-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Cyril Connolly
Date: 1938-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published January 1938 in The New Statesman
Synopsis: "Year Nine spoofs every sf nightmare of totalitarian dystopia, especially 1984 by Connolly's Eton school-chum George Orwell. England's past heritage is being officially erased by dull civil servants like the doomed protagonist, who's led astray by banned Degenerate Art: "Jewlysses. Winagains Fake." Farcically betrayed, tortured and condemned, he still loves Big Brother. "Yes, I have been treated with great kindness."
Surprisingly, Year Nine first appeared in 1938—eleven years before 1984, two years before Koestler's Darkness at Noon. Connolly must have been reading Zamyatin's We (trans 1920)." -David Langford in Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2014
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Condemned Playground | 1946-00-00 | Cyril Connolly | The Macmillan Company |
xiii+ 287 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Modern Satiric Stories: The Impropriety Principle | 1971-03-03 | ed. Gregory Fitz Gerald | Scott, Foresman and Company | 5881 |
viii+ 472 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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| Past, Present, and Future Perfect | 1973-08-00 | ed. Gregory Fitz Gerald, Jack C. Wolf | Fawcett Premier | M606 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
544 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
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