The Ultimate World (Registro nro. 104480)
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| control field | 63656 |
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| control field | 20260610134451.0 |
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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 | Walton, Bryce, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1918-1988 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Ultimate 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 | 2020 |
| 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 Planet Stories Winter 1945 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2020-11-06 |
| 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. | "The Ultimate World" by Bryce Walton is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century, specifically during the 1940s. The story explores themes of perfection, purpose, and the consequences of achieving all conceivable goals within an advanced civilization. Set in the ultimate City of Dhoma, the narrative questions what happens when perfection leads to stagnation and existential crisis. The plot centers around Amco, a resident of Dhoma, who awakens to find their utopian City in crisis due to a lack of purpose and motivation. The City, once vibrant and full of life, is now facing the possibility of annihilation after reaching an intellectual saturation point where no new challenges exist. Tasked by the City's Coordinator to explore the future via a space-time converter to find a solution, Amco discovers that civilization has devolved into sleep, where the inhabitants lie dormant, cut off from reality. They live in a state of endless dreams but at the cost of true existence. Ultimately, Amco learns that the pursuit of knowledge and experience leads to the realization that oblivion may be the true ultimate state, challenging the very essence of life and existence itself. The story culminates in the unsettling conclusion that further evolution may only circle back towards nothingness. (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 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Time travel -- Fiction |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Murphy, C. A. |
| Fuller form of name | (Cornelius Anthony), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1898-1984 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1945 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63656">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63656</a> |
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