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In a tightly controlled future where every citizen is reduced to a number, the world runs like a vast machine. The streets pulse with automated cleaners and endless slogans praising the all‑encompassing Merger, while sunlight slips through only a brief window for those inside the towering concrete complexes. TRH‑247, the 247th person to bear the same designation, feels the weight of this homogenized existence pressing against his mind, prompting a restless yearning for something genuine.
Driven by a quiet desperation, he abandons his assigned role, slips into a forbidden enclave, and commits a daring act of defiance that lands him in exile. He escapes with a woman whose crime mirrors his own, and together they face the harsh, unregulated wilderness beyond the Organization’s borders. Their struggle becomes a raw test of survival, identity, and the fragile hope of reclaiming a life beyond the numbers.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (386K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Bantam Books, Inc., 1963.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Release date
2023-06-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1924–2017
A journalist turned novelist, he wrote sharp science fiction, thrillers, and Westerns, often with a cool eye for how systems shape everyday life. He’s especially remembered for his dystopian and speculative stories, including work that reached television through The Outer Limits.
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