"Lipidleggin'" is a science fiction short story by American writer F. Paul Wilson. It was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1978.
Plot
In a world where the government has outlawed butter and untreated eggs because of their high cholesterol content, Gurney is an antiques dealer in rural New Jersey who discovers farmers who are producing the 'real stuff' and starts dealing in them, thus becoming a 'lipidlegger'.
Reception
In 2021, "Lipidleggin'" won the Prometheus Award Hall of Fame.
Kirkus Reviews considered it "sharp social satire". Eric S. Raymond called it "classic" and an example of Wilson's "excellent" science fiction.
References
- 2020 Prometheus Novel and Hall of Fame Winners, by Mike Glyer; at File 770; published July 10, 2020; retrieved November 12, 2020
- SOFT AND OTHERS: 16 Stories of Wonder and Dread, reviewed in Kirkus Reviews; published April 15, 1989
- Raymond's Reviews #78, published September 5, 1990; retrieved November 12, 2020
External links
- Lipidleggin' title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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