Project Gutenberg 2007-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 98 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Schoenherr, John 1935 2010 Schoenherr, Jack Schoenherr, John (John Carl) Subversive Produced from Analog December 1962. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Subversive" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book explores themes of economic disparity and anti-establishment sentiments, portraying a future world where basic commodities, like soap, are sold at inexplicably low prices through a secretive organization aiming to subvert the current socio-economic order. This narrative delves into the implications of undercutting established markets and the possible consequences on employment and the economy as a whole. The story centers around Warren Dickens, a young soap salesman, who introduces a brand of nameless soap sold for merely three cents a bar by cutting out middlemen and traditional advertising. This unconventional business model garners the attention of Frank Tracy, an operative from the Bureau of Economic Subversion, who begins investigating Dickens and his employer, Freer Enterprises. As Tracy delves deeper, he uncovers a plot led by Moncure, the head of Freer Enterprises, who intends to not only sell soap but eventually disrupt the economy by providing goods at drastically lower prices, posing a threat to a system reliant on consumerism and advertising-driven jobs. The tension rises as Tracy grapples with the moral implications of defending an arguably flawed economic system while taking drastic measures to neutralize the perceived threat from Freer Enterprises. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 69409 69418 2024-09-10T06:42:59.918328 2023-09-10T10:01:09.756395 text/html text/html 65763 2007-10-26T14:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 110887 2007-10-26T14:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161949 2024-09-10T06:43:03.684277 application/epub+zip 161527 2024-09-10T06:43:01.360276 application/epub+zip 78696 2024-09-10T06:43:00.399294 application/epub+zip 332957 2024-09-10T06:43:05.382251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324885 2024-09-10T06:43:02.997267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147700 2022-09-11T04:17:39.811375 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61523 61423 2024-09-10T06:42:59.669276 2023-09-10T10:01:09.537409 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61455 2007-10-26T14:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 23942 2007-10-26T14:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 61446 2007-10-26T14:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23924 2007-10-26T14:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21634 2024-09-10T06:43:05.519250 application/rdf+xml 12820 2024-09-10T06:43:00.733303 image/jpeg 3236 2024-09-10T06:43:00.565288 image/jpeg 168446 2024-09-10T06:42:59.932294 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia