In this novel, a state-funded live-in maid reports on the activities of a family living in Chemistry City No. 4. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 1940 dystopian novel by Karin Boye set in a totalitarian world state where Leo Kall develops the title drug, which forces political dissidents to tell the truth when injected.
ANSWER: Kallocain
[10e] Karin Boye wrote Kallocain in this language, also used to write controversial Nobel winner Harry Martinson’s sci-fi epic poem Aniara. Nobel winner Pär Lagerkvist wrote The Dwarf and Barabbas in this language.
ANSWER: Swedish [or Svenska]
[10m] Kallocain was nominated for a “retro” award named for this author. This Luxembourgish American editor founded the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories.
ANSWER: Hugo Gernsback [prompt on Hugos or Retro Hugo Award]
<TH, European Literature>