Project Gutenberg 2022-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 107 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Pandora's Millions $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Incorporated,$c1945. Venus Equilateral Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Pandora's Millions" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel likely written in the mid-20th century. The narrative explores a future society grappling with the consequences of a technological breakthrough that allows for the duplication of physical items, fundamentally altering economic principles. It examines themes of abundance, value, and societal structures in a world where the lines between want and necessity blur. The story primarily follows Keg Johnson, the chief executive of Interplanet Transport, and Don Channing, a scientist who has developed a matter transmitter that enables the duplication of objects. As the technology threatens traditional economic systems by making everything readily available, both men struggle to adapt to a new reality. Keg seeks to establish a new means of trade based on unique services rather than material wealth, while others, like lawyer Mark Kingman, aim to exploit the current chaos for personal gain. The plot unfolds as characters navigate societal upheaval, the devaluation of money, and the search for a medium of exchange that could give stability to their world. Ultimately, the narrative reflects on the implications of technology on human relationships, societal roles, and the nature of value itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220222104157smith 1945 US Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Inventions -- Fiction Space stations -- Fiction Technology -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 88142 2025-06-27T05:24:15.908379 text/html 64886 2024-10-18T21:39:55 text/html 673509 2025-06-27T05:24:18.163366 application/epub+zip 674049 2025-06-27T05:24:16.472368 application/epub+zip 88116 2025-06-27T05:24:16.179369 application/epub+zip 621867 2025-06-27T05:24:19.563845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 614220 2025-06-27T05:24:17.922367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125166 2022-09-30T16:02:51.893757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 79729 2025-06-27T05:24:15.727386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59831 2024-10-18T21:39:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18020 2025-06-27T05:24:19.691849 application/rdf+xml 25196 2025-06-27T05:24:16.294361 image/jpeg 4133 2025-06-27T05:24:16.237370 image/jpeg 673588 2025-06-27T05:24:15.934400 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 en.wikipedia