Status Civilization, The

By Sheckley, Robert

Book Id: WPLBN0002954979
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File Size: 142.62 MB
Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Status Civilization, The
Author:	Sheckley, Robert
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Science fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Status Civilization, The
Historic Publication Date:	1960
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Sheckley, B. R. (1960). Status Civilization, The. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
Will Barrent awakes without memories just before being deposited on Omega, a planet for criminals where the average life expectancy is 3 years. He’s listed as a murderer and released into the illicit society as a “peon” the lowest class imaginable. A mysterious girl gives him a weapon that starts him on his path to status, a path that requires constant brutality. But it must be borne if our hero is to discover the reason for his imprisonment; A reason that pits him against himself, and involves the sardonically similar but devoutly different creeds of Omega and Earth. - The Status Civilization was first published as “Omega!” in the August and September 1960 issues of Amazing Science Fiction Stories Magazine. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Science fiction