Project Gutenberg 2016-04-21 Public domain in the USA. 123 McCann, Edson Kossin, Sandy Kossin, Sanford Kossin Preferred Risk Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June, July, August, September 1955 By Frederik Pohl & Lester del Rey writing as Edson McCann. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Preferred Risk" by Edson McCann is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story is set in a future where a powerful insurance company exerts control over society, ensuring a risk-free existence at the cost of personal freedoms. The main character, Claims Adjuster Thomas Wills, navigates the complexities of this world while grappling with his own past and the enigmatic figure of a notorious fraudster, Luigi Zorchi, who seems to defy conventional limits of human endurance and injury. At the start of the novel, Wills arrives in Naples, filled with both anticipation and trepidation as he acclimates to his new role with the Company. He quickly finds himself embroiled in a chaotic situation at the train station where a desperate man dives in front of a train, provoking applause rather than horror from the crowd. Wills discovers that this man, Zorchi, has a history of self-inflicted injuries for insurance claims, raising questions about ethics, loyalty to the Company, and the human experience in a world that prizes safety above all else. The opening sets the tone for a narrative that promises suspense, ethical dilemmas, and an examination of societal norms shaped by corporate power. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Love stories Nuclear warfare -- Fiction Cryonics -- Fiction Insurance companies -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 373218 2025-07-20T15:15:27.209347 text/html 354817 2024-10-23T00:22:13 text/html 1912836 2025-07-20T15:15:31.922315 application/epub+zip 1919250 2025-07-20T15:15:27.926337 application/epub+zip 213688 2025-07-20T15:15:27.525358 application/epub+zip 2030615 2025-07-20T15:15:34.961352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2017961 2025-07-20T15:15:31.544311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315223 2022-09-23T15:34:39.825501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356863 2025-07-20T15:15:26.443337 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337119 2024-10-23T00:22:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18636 2025-07-20T15:15:35.090303 application/rdf+xml 24297 2025-07-20T15:15:27.609356 image/jpeg 4334 2025-07-20T15:15:27.568336 image/jpeg 1746828 2025-07-20T15:15:27.287360 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 More titles under Del Rey, Lester More titles under Pohl, Frederik