The Status Civilization - Robert Sheckley

The Status Civilization

By Robert Sheckley

  • Release Date: 2005-01-01
  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Status Civilization is a Science Fiction Story Book. The Book tells the story that the 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.