Project Gutenberg 2010-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 86 Marlowe, Stephen 1928 2008 Lesser, Milton Thames, C. H. Ridgway, Jason Chase, Adam Wilder, Stephen Granger, Darius John Lesser, Milt The Dictator Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Dictator" by Stephen Marlowe is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story explores the themes of conformity and individuality within a society that prides itself on being a perfect democracy, only to reveal the darker truths lurking beneath the surface. At its core, the book examines the implications of a character training for a long-planned assassination of a figurehead ruler. The narrative follows Ellaby, a character molded by his society to fit a "modal" norm, who embarks on a mission to assassinate the elusive Dictator. As he navigates the Capitol, he undergoes various tests of intelligence, physical ability, and emotional stability, all while grappling with the manipulation of his identity and purpose. Surrounded by individuals like Dorcas Sinclair and Sam Mulden, who have their own revolutionary agendas, Ellaby is ultimately thrust into a world where he unintentionally becomes a part of the system he sought to overthrow. The climax showcases his realization that the absence of the Dictator does not lead to the liberation he expected, but rather illustrates the self-perpetuating nature of power in a society that requires conformity, leaving readers to ponder the cyclical nature of authority and rebellion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32134/32134-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Assassins -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 56218 56228 2024-09-13T13:10:27.040675 2023-09-14T07:16:22.448101 text/html text/html 52489 2010-04-25T10:30:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 129014 2010-04-25T10:30:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 119086 2024-09-13T13:10:28.899636 application/epub+zip 118125 2024-09-13T13:10:27.415644 application/epub+zip 58517 2024-09-13T13:10:27.212614 application/epub+zip 155514 2024-09-13T13:10:30.325625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147590 2024-09-13T13:10:28.697656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 89042 2022-09-14T16:33:11.532873 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48668 48565 2024-09-13T13:10:26.895629 2023-09-14T07:16:22.324115 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48572 2010-04-25T10:30:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18770 2010-04-25T10:30:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19462 2024-09-13T13:10:30.457601 application/rdf+xml 23062 2024-09-13T13:10:27.282615 image/jpeg 4447 2024-09-13T13:10:27.247607 image/jpeg 136986 2024-09-13T13:10:27.064647 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