Project Gutenberg 2009-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 75 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Schoenherr, John 1935 2010 Schoenherr, Jack Schoenherr, John (John Carl) Freedom Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Freedom" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book navigates the complexities of individual liberty within the context of a repressive regime in the Soviet Union, particularly through the lens of Colonel Ilya Simonov, who grapples with the concepts of freedom, control, and dissent while undergoing a critical mission in Czechoslovakia. The story follows Colonel Ilya Simonov, a security operative who is assigned to investigate the rising tide of dissent in Prague, sparked by desires for greater freedom among the local population. In the Czech capital, Simonov encounters spontaneous political movements and intellectual circles that challenge the dominance of the Party, leading to introspection about his loyalty and the true nature of freedom. As he becomes more entangled in the lives of those around him, including his attractive assistant Catherina Panova and the libre intellectual scenes, Simonov faces the duality of his role as enforcer of the regime and his burgeoning empathy for the cause of freedom. Ultimately, his journey culminates in a personal and professional crisis when he confronts the brutal reality of the Party's oppressive measures, forcing him to make choices that will forever alter his fate and the lives of those he has come to care for. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Political fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Politics Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 85973 85907 2024-11-16T23:54:33.978798 2023-09-13T09:54:32.060612 text/html text/html 82770 2009-10-26T03:57:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 213959 2009-10-26T03:57:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 284390 2024-11-16T23:54:38.228810 application/epub+zip 283258 2024-11-16T23:54:35.684799 application/epub+zip 90053 2024-11-16T23:54:34.577797 application/epub+zip 339705 2024-11-16T23:54:40.137795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332210 2024-11-16T23:54:37.644838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121131 2022-09-14T05:47:05.380394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78537 78434 2024-10-13T05:07:51.963867 2023-09-13T09:54:31.821625 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 78461 2009-10-26T03:57:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 30516 2009-10-26T03:57:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 78452 2009-10-26T03:57:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30487 2009-10-26T03:57:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23324 2024-11-16T23:54:40.268771 application/rdf+xml 8168 2024-11-16T23:54:35.147801 image/jpeg 2286 2024-11-16T23:54:34.857798 image/jpeg 272591 2024-11-16T23:54:34.015880 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