Firth's World (Registro nro. 100078)
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| control field | 59252 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cox, Irving E., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1917-2001 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Firth's World |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1955 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2019-04-11 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "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.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Science fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Short stories |
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| Uncontrolled term | Space colonies -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Billionaires -- Fiction |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, May 1955 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59252">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59252</a> |
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