Under Compulsion is a collection of science fiction stories by Thomas M. Disch. It was first published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1968 in the UK. It was subsequently published in the US in 1970 by Doubleday under the title Fun with Your New Head. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Escapade, Fantasy and Science Fiction, New Worlds, Fantastic, Amazing Stories, Impulse and Playboy.

Under Compulsion
Dust-jacket from the first edition.
AuthorThomas M. Disch
Cover artistKen Reilly
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherRupert Hart-Davis
Publication date
1968
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages220

Contents edit

  • "The Roaches"
  • "Come to Venus Melancholy"
  • "Linda and Daniel and Spike"
  • "Flight Useless, Inexorable the Pursuit"
  • "Descending"
  • "Nada"
  • "Now Is Forever"
  • "The Contest"
  • "The Empty Room"
  • "The Squirrel Cage"
  • "The Number You Have Reached"
  • "1-A"
  • "Fun with Your New Head"
  • "The City of Penetrating Light"
  • "Moondust, the Smell of Hay, and Dialectical Materialism"
  • "Thesis on Social Forms and Social Controls in the U.S.A."
  • "Casablanca"

Sources edit

  • Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-06-30.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 145. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.