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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
Benedict Vernall has just committed a capital crime -- having an illegal baby. Restricted by law to two children, he attempted to have a third in violation, and the law decrees that an individual has to be terminated to make room for the new addition to society.
Therefore, again according to law, a bounty is placed on the offender's head and a volunteer is requested to be Benedict's hunter. If the bounty hunter is successful, he gains a bounty and terminates the offender. If he loses, he dies in Benedict's place, and the criminal is allowed his third child. Now, Benedict just has to find a way to outwit his hunter, and save his family in the process...
Published in Analog (January 1967). Reprinted in:
- Prime Number
- The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
- 50 in 50
Original title: A Criminal Act
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Bleak Futures→ Overpopulation, Plagues
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, the (1992) [Anthology]
Authors: Arthur C. Clarke
, Ursula K. Le Guin
, David Brin
, Rudyard Kipling
, H. G. Wells
, William Gibson
, George R. R. Martin
, Brian W. Aldiss
, Harry Harrison
, Frederik Pohl
, Cordwainer Smith
, Thomas M. Disch
, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
, Bruce Sterling
, James Blish
, Larry Niven
, A.E. van Vogt
, Clifford D. Simak
, Norman Spinrad
, Paul J. McAuley
, J. G. Ballard
, Gene Wolfe
, Lewis Padgett
, Jack Williamson
, Raccoona Sheldon
, Hilbert Schenck
, John W. Campbell
, Frank L. Pollock
, Stanley G. Weinbaum
, James H. Schmitz
50 in 50 (2001) [Collection]
Author: Harry Harrison
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