![]() Omega does have laws, but these are not shared with new arrivals who must learn them by trial and error if they can live long enough. And so he begins to rise in Omega society assisted on occasion by a mysterious young lady who provides both weapons and information that help Barrent survive. On Omega Barrent finds a highly stratified society where murder is a perfectly legitimate method of raising one's status. ![]() ![]() He also learns that the life expectancy of a new prisoner is 3 years and that once on the planet the society is run entirely by the prisoners with no intervention by the guards or earth authorities. Upon landing he finds out he is a convicted murderer sentenced to the prison planet Omega. The novel starts when the protagonist, Will Barrent wakes up on a space ship with no memory of his previous life. I have to admit the wonderful Richard Powers cover made my first choice easy. This impulse has been strengthened by following Joachim Boaz's wonderful blog, Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations which has covered a number of intriguing titles and authors from this period. ![]() ![]() I have decided to make a concerted effort to read some authors from the 1960's and 1970's which I had previously neglected for no good reason. The Status Civilization, Robert Sheckley, Signet S1840, 1960, cover by Richard Powers. ![]()
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