Project Gutenberg 2009-11-05 Public domain in the USA. 73 Sholto, Ralph The Clean and Wholesome Land Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Clean and Wholesome Land" by Ralph Sholto is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of totalitarianism and identity through a dystopian narrative that unveils the darker aspects of an ostensibly perfect society where dissent is brutally suppressed. With a focus on the manipulation of power and the lengths individuals will go to secure their positions, the book presents a chilling exploration of the human condition under oppressive regimes. In the story, Neal Pardeau, the Director of Public Security, discovers that his Deputy, Emil Hillerman, has been compromised by the resistance leader, Karl Lenster, through the use of a lethal chemical transformation process. As the plot unfolds, Pardeau strategizes to turn Hillerman-Lenster into an unwitting informant within the government. The tension escalates as Pardeau navigates a web of deceit, betrayal, and the desire for vengeance against those who threaten the "New State." The novella culminates in a dark twist that highlights the themes of identity and power, showing how easily one can lose their own sense of self in the pursuit of control over others. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 41863 41872 2024-09-13T05:16:47.936550 2023-09-13T10:12:06.024487 text/html text/html 38106 2021-01-05T19:41:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 114336 2021-01-05T19:41:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 165280 2024-09-13T05:16:51.066555 application/epub+zip 163875 2024-09-13T05:16:49.145526 application/epub+zip 63729 2024-09-13T05:16:48.381586 application/epub+zip 273722 2024-09-13T05:16:52.574517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265997 2024-09-13T05:16:50.541587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167045 2022-09-14T06:10:33.905333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35642 35541 2024-09-13T05:16:47.742548 2023-09-13T10:12:05.855563 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 35438 2021-01-05T19:41:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13668 2021-01-05T19:41:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18268 2024-09-13T05:16:52.697526 application/rdf+xml 16993 2024-09-13T05:16:48.715571 image/jpeg 4282 2024-09-13T05:16:48.548540 image/jpeg 165245 2024-09-13T05:16:47.946601 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