The Perfectionists (Registro nro. 65978)
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| control field | 24977 |
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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 | Castle, Arnold |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Perfectionists |
| 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 | 2008 |
| 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 Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1960. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2008-04-02 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Perfectionists" by Arnold Castle is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story explores themes of identity, conformity, and societal standards of perfection in a bizarre setting that challenges human nature. It delves into the psychological complexity of its protagonist, Frank Pembroke, who navigates a surreal world that demands conformity while grappling with his own understanding of imperfection. The narrative follows Frank Pembroke, an adventurous man who survives a shipwreck and finds himself in the strange city of Puerto Pacifico, where the inhabitants are obsessively concerned with being perfect. Pembroke encounters various peculiar characters and learns that the society is designed to evaluate and adjust people to fit a specific mold of perfection, leading to fatal consequences for those who fail to conform. As he interacts with the residents, including an eerily perfect woman named Mary Ann, Pembroke devises a plan to escape this oppressive environment. Ultimately, he comes to terms with his own flaws and uses his newfound understanding to combat the insidious standards imposed by the society, culminating in a desperate bid for survival as he exposes the dark truth behind the city’s pursuit of perfection. (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 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Short stories |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Summers, Leo, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1925-1985 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1960. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24977">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24977</a> |
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