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The Status Civilization
·
Robert Sheckley
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OMEGA
RELIGION:
THE
WORSHIP
OF
EVIL
PLEASURES:
THE
THRILL
OF
THE
HUNT,
WITH
HUMAN
PREY
STATUS:
ATTAINED
ONE
CORPSE
AT
A
TIME
LIFE
EXPECTANCY:
THREE
EARTH
YEARS
"ALL
OF
YOU
ARE
CRIMINALS
THEREFORE
MANKIND
HAS
REJECTED
YOU,
AND
YOU
HAVE
BEEN
SENT
TO
A
WORLD
WHERE
YOUR
OWN
SORT
IS
KING.
HERE
YOU
CAN
MAKE
YOUR
OWN
RULES,
AND
DIE
BY
THEM
..."
THE
STATUS
CIVILIZATION
Transcriber's
List
of
Corrections
Chapter
One
Page
1,
"futher"
changed
to
"further."
(He
awoke,
rubbed
his
eyes,
and
waited
for
further
memories
to
come.)
Page
9,
"ot
think"
changed
to
"to
think."
(All
he
wanted
to
do
was
lie
down,
to
sleep,
to
have
a
chance
to
think
about
his
situation.)
Chapter
Two
Page
14,
"theif"
changed
to
"thief."
(I'm
ashamed
to
admit
that
I
can't
remember
what
a
credit
thief
is.)
Chapter
Five
Page
36,
"wtih"
changed
to
"with."
(She
appeared
to
be
dissatisfied
with
her
husband;
and
divorce
was
forbidden
on
Omega.)
Chapter
Nine
Page
65,
"murder"
changed
to
"murderer."
(Before
his
visit
to
the
Dream
Shop
he
had
never
felt
himself
a
murderer,
no
matter
what
the
Earth
authorities
had
accused
him
of.)
Chapter
Sixteen
Page
107,
"undected"
changed
to
"undetected."
(By
noon,
Barrent
was
still
undetected.)
Page
114,
"were
were"
changed
to
"were."
(If
he
were
able
to
get
by
the
city
gate,
he
would
have
to
watch
for
the
hunting
patrols.)
Chapter
Eighteen
Page
125,
"Barren"
changed
to
"Barrent."
(Barrent
ducked
out
of
a
corner
in
which
the
creeping
vines
were
trapping
him.)
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