http://www.vigobooks.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Apr 2014 16:01:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 http://www.vigobooks.com/classics/american-literature/the-big-trip-up-yonder/ http://www.vigobooks.com/classics/american-literature/the-big-trip-up-yonder/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:20:25 +0000 http://www.vigobooks.com/?p=2503 It’s the year 2185 and the creation of a powerful anti-ageing drug promises a future free from the fear of death. But the resulting population boom pushes America to the brink with shortages of housing, food, oil and materials.

]]> http://www.vigobooks.com/classics/american-literature/the-big-trip-up-yonder/feed/ 0 http://www.vigobooks.com/classics/american-literature/2-b-r-0-2-b/ http://www.vigobooks.com/classics/american-literature/2-b-r-0-2-b/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:46:10 +0000 http://www.vigobooks.com/?p=687 In a future where ageing has been cured, for someone to be born, someone must first volunteer to die. Edward K. Wehling, Jr waits in the hospital as his wife gives birth to triplets, but is short of a volunteer to die. Who will dial “2 B R naught 2 B”? – The telephone number to schedule an assisted suicide.

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