John Jones's Dollar (Registro nro. 67776)
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| control field | 26867 |
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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 | Keeler, Harry Stephen, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1890-1967 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | John Jones's Dollar |
| 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 Stories April 1956 and was first published in Amazing Stories April 1927. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2008-10-10 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "John Jones's Dollar" by Harry Stephen Keeler is a science fiction novel written in the early 20th century. Set in a futuristic world, the story revolves around the concept of compounding interest and its economic implications across centuries. The narrative is framed through a lecture delivered by a history professor in the year 3221 A.D., who discusses the historical significance of a single dollar deposited by a socialist named John Jones in 1921. The central plot focuses on John Jones and the extraordinary wealth that results from a seemingly mundane action: depositing a dollar in a bank with the stipulation of compounded interest over generations. As the narrative progresses, the professor elaborates on how this dollar grows astronomically over nearly a millennium, eventually leading to a dilemma faced by its descendants regarding the cumulative debt they would owe. The climax occurs when the last descendant's failure to produce an heir results in the state claiming the wealth, ultimately prompting a societal shift towards socialism. The book uses humor and fantastical elements to explore themes of economics, inheritance, and the impact of individual actions on future society. (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 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Compound interest -- Fiction |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Amazing Stories April 1956 and was first published in Amazing Stories April 1927. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26867">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26867</a> |
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