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The status civilization7/3/2023 First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical. Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. The Status Civilization first appeared under the title Omega in Amazing Science Fiction Stories. HERE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN RULES, AND DIE BY THEM. "ALL OF YOU ARE CRIMINALS THEREFORE MANKIND HAS REJECTED YOU, AND YOU HAVE BEEN SENT TO A WORLD WHERE YOUR OWN SORT IS KING. The story concerns Barrent's attempt to survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear himself of the accusations against him. The average life expectancy from time of arrival on Omega is three years. Omega, used to imprison extreme offenders, has a hierarchical society of extreme brutality, where the only way to advance (and avoid dying) is to commit an endless series of crimes. The Status Civilization concerns Will Barrent, a man who finds himself, without memory of any crime or, indeed, of his previous life, being shipped across space to the planet Omega. The Status Civilization is a science fiction novel by Robert Sheckley, first published in 1960.
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