The story is set in a dystopian world where everyone is enslaved by time. Though not strictly children’s literature, it is dystopian and manages to encompass in 48 pages what many YA novels can’t in three novel length books. According to Wikipedia, he wrote it in about twenty minutes and it went on to win awards such as the 1996 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the 1996 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman is a short story written by Harlan Ellison who has penned several other scifi novels. ― Harlan Ellison, “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman And so it goes goes goes goes goes tick tock tick tock tick tock and one day we no longer let time serve us, we serve time and we are slaves of the schedule, worshipers of the sun’s passing, bound into a life predicated on restrictions because the system will not function if we don’t keep the schedule tight.” Published October 28th 1997 by Underwood Books
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