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_aCole, Everett B., _d1910-2001 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aAlarm Clock |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2008 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1960. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2008-01-06 | ||
| 508 | _aE-text prepared by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team | ||
| 520 | _a"Alarm Clock" by Everett B. Cole is a science fiction novella published in the early 1960s. The story follows Stan Graham, who has recently been expelled from the Stellar Guard Academy and finds himself imprisoned on Kellonia, a planet that has degenerated from freedom into a brutal prison culture. The narrative explores themes of societal structure, personal identity, and the fight against systemic oppression. In the story, Stan Graham struggles with his academic and social failures, reflecting on his past experiences and the culture of Kellonia while in prison. As he interacts with other inmates, he learns about the grim reality of life outside prison walls and faces off against Val Vernay, a violent strongman. The plot builds towards a confrontation that leads to Stan inadvertently unlocking his latent abilities, which capture the attention of the Special Corps, a covert organization tasked with maintaining order across the galaxy. Ultimately, Stan's experiences set him on a path towards becoming an agent, determined to fight against the oppressive systems of his new home. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aPrisoners -- Fiction | ||
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_aVan Dongen, H. R., _d1920-2010 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction, September, 1960. | |
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