KARP, David

KARP, David
(1922-)
   US writer whose sf novel One (1953; vt Escape to Nowhere 1955) is a notable MAINSTREAM use of sf modes as a way of expressing DYSTOPIAN views about the future. Though distinctly less convincing than such predecessors as Arthur KOESTLER's Darkness at Noon (1940) and George ORWELL's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (1949), it does present a salutarily grimand sharply described vision of a totalitarian future USA and the brutal mind-control that must be imposed if the state is to survive. Part of the novel's interest lies in its sometimes sympathetic insight into the mind of inquisitor as well as victim. The Day of the Monkey (1955) is a fantasy.
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   See also: POLITICS.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia. . 2011.

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