Project Gutenberg 2008-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 144 Cole, Everett B. 1910 2001 Cole, Everett Bush Cole, E. B. (Everett Bush) Cole, Everett B., Sr. Leydenfrost, Alexander 1888 1961 Leidenfrost, Sandor Final Weapon Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Final Weapon" by Everett B. Cole is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story navigates a dystopian world where societal order and power dynamics are meticulously controlled, particularly through the manipulation of communication and privilege among different classes of citizens. The main character, Howard Morely, is a district leader who exhibits a ruthless ambition as he strategizes within a bureaucratic regime, creating tension as he grapples with the emerging technology of a mind-reading communicator. The opening of "Final Weapon" begins with Howard Morely piloting a helicopter to a critical conference, reflecting on his ambitions and the current state of governance in a society recovering from war. The narrative quickly establishes Morely's character as a shrewd and calculating leader, concerned with maintaining control over his district while observing the contrasting management styles of his peers. As he arrives at the conference, discussions about maintaining order among the lower classes and critiques of other leaders' leniency highlight the rigid social structure. The introduction of a revolutionary communicator device, developed by a second-class citizen named Paul Graham, introduces a potential threat to the status quo, foreshadowing conflicts over control of this groundbreaking technology and its implications for personal freedom and societal power dynamics. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction, American Telepathy -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 150214 150222 2024-09-10T12:51:30.917813 2023-09-11T06:04:54.901497 text/html text/html 147387 2021-01-03T08:48:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 413238 2021-01-03T08:48:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 459688 2024-09-10T12:51:35.598752 application/epub+zip 461892 2024-09-10T12:51:32.430757 application/epub+zip 104914 2024-09-10T12:51:31.433758 application/epub+zip 698738 2024-09-10T12:51:37.875724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 687935 2024-09-10T12:51:34.833753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201199 2022-09-11T11:36:07.689843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140026 139925 2024-09-10T12:51:30.431793 2023-09-11T06:04:54.472502 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 139897 2021-01-03T08:48:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 51260 2021-01-03T08:48:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 139888 2021-01-03T08:48:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51236 2021-01-03T08:48:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21564 2024-09-10T12:51:38.013712 application/rdf+xml 13376 2024-09-10T12:51:31.776746 image/jpeg 3441 2024-09-10T12:51:31.602755 image/jpeg 463508 2024-09-10T12:51:30.948756 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