Ace Double D-193 Paperback Original (1956). Cover Art by Ed Emshwiller
From the Introduction on the first page:
FLAW IN A FANATIC FUTURE
War and famine on earth had been abolished by Moral Reclamation, and now peace and prosperity were compulsory. And the Morec block committees, robot peeping-Toms, and youthful goon squads made sure everybody "enjoyed" it.
It was Allen Purcell's job as the new Director of Entertainment and Propaganda to keep the people in sober thought channels. Only someone was playing pranks -- publicly, secretly. Such humor was dangerous -- and the heretic had to be stopped at all costs! And then Purcell realized that the mad japer was familiar to him -- as familiar as his own face in the morning shave-mirror!
As frightening as Orwell's 1984, THE MAN WHO JAPED is a social satire on the world of tomorrow that is as timely as today.
Ace Double D-193 Paperback Original (1956). Cover Art by Ed Emshwiller
From the Introduction on the first page:
FLAW IN A FANATIC FUTURE
War and famine on earth had been abolished by Moral Reclamation, and now peace and prosperity were compulsory. And the Morec block committees, robot peeping-Toms, and youthful goon squads made sure everybody "enjoyed" it.
It was Allen Purcell's job as the new Director of Entertainment and Propaganda to keep the people in sober thought channels. Only someone was playing pranks -- publicly, secretly. Such humor was dangerous -- and the heretic had to be stopped at all costs! And then Purcell realized that the mad japer was familiar to him -- as familiar as his own face in the morning shave-mirror!
As frightening as Orwell's 1984, THE MAN WHO JAPED is a social satire on the world of tomorrow that is as timely as today.