Project Gutenberg 2023-12-14 Public domain in the USA. 152 Kastle, Herbert D. 1924 1987 Castle, Herb Kastle, Herbert David Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay The god on the 36th floor $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1963. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The God on the 36th Floor" by Herbert D. Kastle is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story unfolds in a corporate setting, specifically within the Chester Chemical Company, and navigates themes of identity, existential dread, and the nature of humanity. As the plot progresses, it delves into the complexities of relationships and deception in a seemingly mundane workplace. The narrative follows Derrence Cale, a man who has cleverly assumed a façade of productivity while being virtually idle in his job. When a new employee, Edwin Tzadi, arrives, Derrence finds himself threatened by the man's unexpected knowledge of company dynamics and his own lack of authenticity. Their interaction spirals into a tense lunch meeting where Tzadi drops a bombshell: he is a company spy and poses a dire ultimatum regarding Derrence's secretary, Mercy. As the tension escalates, it is revealed that Derrence is not what he seems, nor is the world around him—leading to a shocking twist that unveils that Cale is the last human in a world now dominated by androids. The story effectively raises philosophical questions about existence, individuality, and what it truly means to be human. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231125111854kastle 1963 US Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Offices -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 59901 2025-07-28T14:19:01.481910 text/html 35400 2023-12-14T15:49:13 text/html 355888 2025-07-28T14:19:04.847988 application/epub+zip 354661 2025-07-28T14:19:02.909935 application/epub+zip 240568 2025-07-28T14:19:02.014957 application/epub+zip 1104408 2025-07-28T14:19:06.329881 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1097466 2025-07-28T14:19:04.283921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52121 2025-07-28T14:19:01.290920 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32297 2023-12-14T15:49:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16328 2025-07-28T14:19:06.475913 application/rdf+xml 34749 2025-07-28T14:19:02.415909 image/jpeg 5187 2025-07-28T14:19:02.212897 image/jpeg 2015286 2025-07-28T14:19:01.512906 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