Shatter the Wall (Registro nro. 92410)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 51576 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UtSlPG |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610134204.0 |
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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 | Van Scyoc, Sydney J., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1939-2023 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Shatter the Wall |
| 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 | 2016 |
| 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 Galaxy Magazine February 1962 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2016-03-27 |
| 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. | "Shatter the Wall" by Sydney J. Van Scyoc is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book explores themes of identity, love, and the consequences of societal obsession with media and celebrity, set against a backdrop where real human interactions have largely been replaced by artificial experiences through a technology known as the Wall. The narrative focuses on a mother and her daughter, who are both deeply affected by the presence of the Wall and its characters, particularly the actor Bass McDowall. The story revolves around Amanda, a mother who confronts her daughter Kathryn, the youngest person in a city devoid of children, about the dangers of obsessing over the artificial lives portrayed on the Wall. Kathryn idolizes the fictional characters, primarily Bass, and rejects the idea of marrying anyone else. As the story progresses, Amanda's desperation leads her to drastic actions against the characters she sees as problematic to humanity's survival. After committing murder in a misguided attempt to save the human race, Amanda confronts the uncomfortable reality that the characters she sought to erase are mere illusions, and that her actions cannot alter the underlying societal issues. Ultimately, the novel serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of escapism and the importance of human connection in a world increasingly defined by screens and simulations. (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 | Manners and customs -- Fiction |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | West |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Galaxy Magazine February 1962 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51576">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51576</a> |
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