Project Gutenberg 2007-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 442 Sheckley, Robert 1928 2005 Barbee, Phillips Lang, Ned O'Donnevan, Finn Barbee, Phillip The Status Civilization Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Status_Civilization Produced by Greg Weeks, Karina Aleksandrova and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Status Civilization" by Robert Sheckley is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The narrative introduces a dystopian world where the main character, Will Barrent, awakens with no memory and discovers that he is a convict on a prison planet named Omega. The society on Omega operates under a disturbing set of rules where life expectancy is limited, criminals are classified by status, and murder holds peculiar societal significance. The opening of the novel begins with Barrent regaining consciousness, disoriented and confused in a sterile environment he initially believes to be a hospital. Soon, he learns from a guard that he is actually in a prison and has been designated as a criminal. As Barrent navigates his new reality, he discovers that on Landing Day—the day when new prisoners arrive—it's a tradition for the elite class to hunt the newly classified "peons." He is thrust into a brutal world governed by status and the whims of the privileged, all while attempting to piece together his identity and the memory of his past crimes. As the story unfolds, themes of power dynamics, survival, and the grotesque nature of societal norms under criminal leadership emerge, leaving Barrent and the reader to grapple with the consequences of a civilization built on such foundations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.1 (7th grade). 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