Going Harvey in the Big House - Smith Douglas
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Aurora Award Finalist.The Builders had made the House generations
ago, to shelter the remnants of humanity from the poisons of the
Outside. The Inners, the direct descendants of the Builders, now
rule the House. The House protects the People, and the Inners
protect the House. And Smoothers are the arms and legs of that
protection. Big G is a Smoother, ensuring that the daily activities
of the House are not interrupted by "Harveys," citizens who suffer
violent mental breakdowns in the claustrophobic House. But when Big
G discovers a strange photograph of blue and white swirls of
nothingness during a Harvey call, it leads him to world within the
world he thought he knew—and a world outside it as well."I first
read this story in a workshop nearly a decade ago. Since then, Doug
sold it to a number of different markets and it was a finalist for
Canada’s prestigious Aurora Award. Now it’s out in e-book format. I
read a lot, as you can tell, and I don’t remember most stories the
next day, let alone decades later. The images and the power of the
story have stayed with me all this time. That’s one of the
strongest recommendations I can give."—Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Recommended Reading List, Aug 2011"Hands down, my favourite story …
I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of a city that
encompasses what we know of the known world. … Smith’s version, the
‘House,’ is well conceived, but as always, it’s his characters that
drive the story. Big G is pitch perfect. Every aspect of his
personality is just spot on. Though he’s not a completely
accessible character, portrayed as being not as intelligent as a
more usual protagonist, he is completely there and
three-dimensional and his reactions and motivations are plausible.
It works! The ending is just right. It couldn’t have been any other
way..." —SF Crowsnest Reviews"Going Harvey in the Big House" fed
into my natural fears, suspicions, and all-round disillusionment
with authority. Thereafter, I began an inquiry. I read Orwell’s
1984, Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451,
Zamyatin’s We, Huxley’s Brave New World… "Going Harvey in the Big
House" led me to places I thought I’d never be, culminating
eventually in sweat-soaked nightmares about a post-apocalyptic
world." —Cicada
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