Project Gutenberg 2008-04-02 Public domain in the USA. 125 Castle, Arnold Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon The Perfectionists Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Perfectionists" by Arnold Castle is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story explores themes of identity, conformity, and societal standards of perfection in a bizarre setting that challenges human nature. It delves into the psychological complexity of its protagonist, Frank Pembroke, who navigates a surreal world that demands conformity while grappling with his own understanding of imperfection. The narrative follows Frank Pembroke, an adventurous man who survives a shipwreck and finds himself in the strange city of Puerto Pacifico, where the inhabitants are obsessively concerned with being perfect. Pembroke encounters various peculiar characters and learns that the society is designed to evaluate and adjust people to fit a specific mold of perfection, leading to fatal consequences for those who fail to conform. As he interacts with the residents, including an eerily perfect woman named Mary Ann, Pembroke devises a plan to escape this oppressive environment. Ultimately, he comes to terms with his own flaws and uses his newfound understanding to combat the insidious standards imposed by the society, culminating in a desperate bid for survival as he exposes the dark truth behind the city’s pursuit of perfection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 55089 2025-08-10T09:52:50.495515 text/html 51234 2008-04-02T08:22:02 text/html 140434 2025-08-10T09:52:54.325494 application/epub+zip 139182 2025-08-10T09:52:52.142503 application/epub+zip 87615 2025-08-10T09:52:51.031503 application/epub+zip 301362 2025-08-10T09:52:55.929507 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294117 2025-08-10T09:52:53.646493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149502 2022-09-11T12:58:49.817466 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48356 2025-08-10T09:52:50.239492 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 48267 2008-04-02T08:22:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 839903 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 64408 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 80040 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 76818 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 73867 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 73925 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 76164 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 73916 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 79005 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 81609 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 76998 2007-12-04T17:28:24 application/octet-stream 78461 2007-12-04T17:28:26 application/octet-stream 23087 2007-12-04T17:28:26 application/octet-stream 29113 2025-08-10T09:52:56.071465 application/rdf+xml 13124 2025-08-10T09:52:51.541492 image/jpeg 3547 2025-08-10T09:52:51.289485 image/jpeg 72749 2008-04-02T08:22:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 19048 2008-04-02T08:22:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 139695 2025-08-10T09:52:50.504646 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog