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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aElliott, Bruce,
_d1914-1973
245 1 4 _aThe planet of shame
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
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 May and June 1961.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-05-04
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Planet of Shame" by Bruce Elliott is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around a society established by exiled individuals on a distant planet, where traditional norms and structures from Earth have been discarded. The protagonist, James Comstock, is depicted as a 35-year-old living in a bizarre world where he struggles with concepts of adulthood, sexuality, and authority within a rigid, patriarchal society. At the start of the narrative, the reader is introduced to James Comstock as he grapples with a bewildering array of life experiences that he has been shielded from. The plot quickly escalates as he navigates his family's eccentric traditions regarding adulthood and relationships, punctuated by his alarming health crisis. This tension leads him into an underground lifestyle full of illicit encounters and the pressures of conformity. The opening chapters set the stage for broader themes of rebellion against societal norms, questioning authority, and seeking personal identity amidst the absurdities of a dystopian colony. As Comstock's situation spirals out of control, readers are drawn into a world where the absurdity of expectations clashes with the harsh realities of life on a planet meant for punishment rather than rehabilitation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aLife on other planets -- Fiction
653 _aRevolutionaries -- Fiction
653 _aSpace colonies -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories May and June 1961.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73540
999 _c114265
_d114265