![]() On Earth, the world religion is an amalgam of all the "good" aspects of previous Earth religions. On Omega, the citizens worship Evil (always capitalized) in a cult dedicated to an entity called The Black One. Its striking social stability is maintained by robots brainwashing children in "closed classes." The ideologies of both Earth and Omega resemble one another, differing only in words. It is sleepy and stagnant, developing neither socially nor technologically. The story concerns Barrent's attempt to survive, escape, and return to Earth to clear himself of the accusations against him.Įarth is a uniform, weakly structured, utopian society based on the mutual trust and conformity of its citizens. The average life expectancy from time of arrival on Omega is three years. Omega, used to imprison extreme offenders, has a hierarchical society of extreme brutality, where the only way to advance (and avoid dying) is to commit an endless series of crimes. The Status Civilization concerns Will Barrent, a man who finds himself, without memory of any crime or, indeed, of his previous life, being shipped across space to the planet Omega. ![]() ![]() The Status Civilization is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Sheckley, first published in 1960. Cover of the first edition, published by Signet. ![]()
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