The Joy Makers Author:James Gunn Happiness, Guaranteed. In the not-too-distant future, money truly can buy happiness, and Hedonics, Inc., is willing to sell it to you. They'll even offer you a money-back guarantee, if you're not "happy" with the product. But with their team of psychologists, life specialists, and self-improvement coaches, they don't ... more »have any "unhappy" customers. What happens when a company grows too big, becomes too successful? It wants to guarantee its place in society and its future, and Hedonics is no exception. When your product is happiness, the way you guarantee your success is to pass laws mandating happiness. But when universal happiness is required, does it really matter if you're getting what you want, or happy with what you have?
(Classics of Modern Science Fiction)
Introduction by George Zebrowski; foreword by Isaac Asimov.
Cover art by Michael Booth.
Originally published as separate stories in 1954 and 1955 in the pulp magazines of the day and first published in book form in 1961.« less