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Short Story

The Mold of Yancy

1955

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An investigator visits a colony whose inhabitants seem freely to agree with an increasingly authoritarian government. The reassuring broadcasts of a beloved public figure offer a clue to how their opinions are being shaped.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Oct 18, 1954

    Composition: no later than Oct 18, 1954

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 18, 1954

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 18, 1954

  3. Aug 1955

    First published Aug 1955

    If

  4. Source material for The Penultimate Truth

    The novel splices/reworks material from The Mold of Yancy and The Defenders.

    The Penultimate Truth

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  • Source material forThe Penultimate TruthThe Penultimate Truth splices and reworks material from The Mold of Yancy.