Project Gutenberg 2022-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 121 Pratt, Fletcher 1897 1956 Pratt, Murray Fletcher Potemkin village $aUnited States :$bBetter Publications, Inc.,$c1952. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Potemkin Village" by Fletcher Pratt is a science fiction novelet written in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around a delegation sent to visit the hermit state of Tolstoia on Venus to investigate peculiar occurrences surrounding castaways who disappear without a trace. The book explores themes of societal control, philosophy, and the implications of a utopian society rooted in pacifism and communitarianism. The story follows the mission of a small delegation comprising Director Unterbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Lanzerotti, photographer Ann Starnes, and writer Robert Heidekopfer. They are tasked with assessing the situation in Tolstoia, where past visitors have oddly chosen to remain there, sometimes under eerie circumstances leading to preserved corpses sent back to their home planets as supposed suicides. As the delegation interacts with Tolstoian society, they uncover a form of totalitarian control disguised as harmony, manipulative societal pressures, and the consequences of ascribing to a rigid ideology. Tension builds as they confront the patriarch, Pitrim Androvich, and navigate the complexities of their own desires and identities, ultimately leading to a thrilling escape and contemplation of the implications of Tolstoia's way of life on freedom and individuality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220522104948pratt 1952 US Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Venus (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 104181 2025-06-27T09:27:05.317390 text/html 81114 2024-10-19T00:53:39 text/html 384698 2025-06-27T09:27:08.290393 application/epub+zip 385267 2025-06-27T09:27:06.271453 application/epub+zip 173439 2025-06-27T09:27:05.699444 application/epub+zip 722131 2025-06-27T09:27:09.828417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714303 2025-06-27T09:27:07.849399 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 670485 2022-09-24T19:00:21.495380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 96730 2025-06-27T09:27:05.159431 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76878 2024-10-19T00:53:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17188 2025-06-27T09:27:09.955348 application/rdf+xml 28154 2025-06-27T09:27:05.958393 image/jpeg 4766 2025-06-27T09:27:05.827398 image/jpeg 719114 2025-06-27T09:27:05.337394 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