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100	1		_aSharkey, Jack, _d1931-1992
245	1	4	_aThe programmed people
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2023
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aProduced from Amazing Stories June and July 1963.
500			_aAlso published under the title: Ultimatum in 2050 A.D.
500			_aRelease date is 2023-12-31
508			_aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"The Programmed People" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book is set in a dystopian society characterized by strict social regulations and a controlling government known as the Brain, which oversees the Hive where the inhabitants live in ignorance of their true condition. The story revolves around a young man named Lloyd Bodger, who navigates a world of programmed conformity and encounters a girl named Andra Corby, who is tied to a resistance movement seeking to uncover the truth behind their oppressive society. The opening of the book introduces the Hive and its unique social structure, where voting and public opinion are manipulated by the ruling elite. As the narrative unfolds, Lloyd finds himself caught in a tense situation during a Temple Service when a fugitive—a girl named Andra—attempts to blend into the crowd, sparking a series of events that force him to reconsider his understanding of authority and conformity. With the Speakster announcing that they are polluted from within, tension rises as Lloyd fights against time to cast his vote and helps Andra escape the clutches of the oppressive regime. The initial chapters establish a gripping atmosphere of urgency and intrigue, setting the stage for a confrontation between personal ethics and the demands of a controlling society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1963
653			_aScience fiction
653			_aRevolutions -- Fiction
653			_aArtificial intelligence -- Fiction
653			_aTotalitarianism -- Fiction
700	1		_aEmshwiller, Ed, _d1925-1990
830		0	_aProduced from Amazing Stories June and July 1963.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72565
999			_c113290 _d113290