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The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley

The Status Civilization

Robert Sheckley

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · April 15, 2013

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Who it’s for
A sharp-edged science-fiction adventure pairs prison-planet peril with the quieter menace of social order.
Themes
Authoritarian rule, Social stratification, Fear of nonconformity
Genres
Dystopian, Sci-Fi, Funny Sci-Fi

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THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A NEW ARRIVAL ON OMEGA AVERAGED THREE EARTH YEARS Will Barrent could choose--exile on a nightmare planet, or life under the tyranny that had taken over Earth! Barrent had been tried, convicted, and memory-washed on Earth - an Earth strangely altered and stratified by fear of the radical and non-conformist. Now he was serving his sentence on Omega - a prison planet walled by a ring of hovering guard-ships from which there was no escape.

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Omega was a world of horror, a savage, ruthless way of life. But it was only a momentary ordeal, a prelude to a return to Earth and the subtle terrors of its own status civilization. The Status Civilization first appeared under the title Omega in Amazing Science Fiction Stories. Robert Sheckley was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated author. His stories first appeared in science fiction magazines of the 1950s.His quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. Sheckley was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001.

Satire Under Pressure

A sharp-edged science-fiction adventure pairs prison-planet peril with the quieter menace of social order.

Come here for

  • A world where exile and Earth’s status system each carry their own threat
  • Sheckley’s mix of absurdist wit and uneasy speculation

Expect

  • A brisk, unsettling collision of survival and social satire
  • More than one kind of tyranny to reckon with

Where it sits

Funny Sci-Fi80%
Dystopian63%
Sci-Fi56%

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Publisher categories

  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Military Sci-Fi
Authors
Robert Sheckley
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
April 15, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Authoritarian rule · Social stratification · Fear of nonconformity
Reading lane
Sci-Fi Adventure