C.A. Taormina | The Sun Magazine

C.A. Taormina

C.A. Taormina lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he writes novels, stories, essays, and book reviews, some of which have been published in The Times of Charlottesville and the now-defunct Harper’s Weekly.

— From October 1977
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Immodest Proposal

In the future “work” as is now known will exist for only a few technicians. Most citizens will be supported by a welfare state which is fully automated. This will be achieved in each home by a device that looks much like an electric chair.

October 1977
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