Project Gutenberg 2019-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 123 Cox, Irving E. 1917 2001 Cox, Irving England, Jr. Firth's World Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1955 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Firth's World" by Irving E. Cox, Jr. is a science fiction novella written during the mid-20th century. The narrative explores the consequences of John Firth's utopian vision of a world populated by a select group of wealthy and brilliant individuals who wish to escape societal responsibilities and issues. This work delves into themes of individualism, social responsibility, and the inherent flaws in constructing an isolated utopia. The story follows John Firth, an industrialist who, disillusioned with the incompetent masses of humanity, is driven by an ideology that successful individuals should not bear the burden of supporting the less fortunate. Through a mysterious stranger, Firth comes to acquire a planetoid beyond Pluto where he envisions creating a perfect world devoid of taxes and social problems. However, as he and his handpicked group of colonists attempt to establish their utopia, they confront disillusionment and moral decay. Initial ingenuity gives way to stagnation and unrest among the colonists, leading to a revolt from the labor force they initially sought to exploit. The narrative ultimately culminates in an acknowledgment of the necessity of social interdependence, suggesting that true progress cannot exist in isolation and highlighting the folly of Firth's initial ambitions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space colonies -- Fiction Billionaires -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 45391 2025-07-23T12:34:54.124993 text/html 41890 2019-04-11T07:27:22 text/html 101816 2025-07-23T12:34:55.716965 application/epub+zip 100664 2025-07-23T12:34:54.477969 application/epub+zip 84348 2025-07-23T12:34:54.277004 application/epub+zip 135747 2025-07-23T12:34:56.831967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128551 2025-07-23T12:34:55.527977 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112441 2022-09-26T21:58:14.901702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 39093 2025-07-23T12:34:54.035983 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39340 2019-04-11T07:27:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18923 2025-07-23T12:34:56.949954 application/rdf+xml 29641 2025-07-23T12:34:54.355992 image/jpeg 4830 2025-07-23T12:34:54.316971 image/jpeg 334064 2019-04-11T07:27:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 15309 2019-04-11T07:27:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 335684 2025-07-23T12:34:54.134968 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