Project Gutenberg 2010-06-02 Public domain in the USA. 160 Bartholomew, Stephen The Standardized Man Produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction February 1958. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Standardized Man" by Stephen Bartholomew is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The book explores the themes of societal conformity and the implications of extreme standardization in a future world, where the individual is reduced to a mere cog in the machinery of a highly regulated economy. It delves into the tension between personal identity and societal expectations, reflecting the anxieties of modernity. The story centers around Charles, a chemist tasked with developing an innovative all-weather suit to stabilize the economy of the textile industry, which is facing a crisis due to falling profits. As he grapples with the pressures of his job, his personal life spirals out of control following a disastrous incident involving the new fabric’s unexpected properties, which leads to chaos and confusion surrounding personal identity in a world where everyone wears name tags that define them. This culminates in a twist where Charles, in a moment of desperation, adopts another man's identity, illustrating the extremes to which people may go to navigate societal expectations and crises of self. The novella offers a cautionary tale about the perils of losing individuality in the pursuit of uniformity and economic stability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32658/32658-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 49314 2025-10-13T09:36:52.017647 text/html 45414 2021-01-06T16:40:22 text/html 282572 2025-10-13T09:36:53.768716 application/epub+zip 281420 2025-10-13T09:36:52.417715 application/epub+zip 78363 2025-10-13T09:36:52.206642 application/epub+zip 321659 2025-10-13T09:36:54.965738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313967 2025-10-13T09:36:53.556731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107595 2022-09-15T05:42:50.769289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41422 2025-10-13T09:36:51.881658 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41225 2021-01-06T16:40:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18168 2025-10-13T09:36:55.090683 application/rdf+xml 23963 2025-10-13T09:36:52.281640 image/jpeg 4516 2025-10-13T09:36:52.245653 image/jpeg 279023 2021-01-06T16:40:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 15800 2021-01-06T16:40:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 291479 2025-10-13T09:36:52.043688 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