Sci-fi

A generation removed

by Gary K. Wolf
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Description

In the United States of the bleak and menacing near future, teenagers have taken over the running of the country. The all-powerful young have enacted laws that mandate retirement at the age of fifty five. From that point on, geriatrics, or Gerrys as they're called, lose all access to social services, health care, and medications. They undergo regular, mandatory physical examinations. Any elder found to be the slightest bit infirm undergoes euthanasia. Mobile death vans, the dreaded Euth Wagons, patrol the streets, picking up the elderly for testing, executing them on the spot if they're in less than perfect heath. The callous and murderous attitude of the young toward the elderly sets in motion a frightening revolution, an epic struggle, a literal battle of the ages. Young against old. The raw, unbridled energy and arbitrary whims of teenagers against the wisdom and thoughtfulness of experience.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatSkirmish-Heavy
HorrorChilling

Details

First published
May 27, 1977
Pages
188
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Independently Published
Language
English
ISBN
9781677196173
Series
Standalone

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