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Title: Matchmaker
Note: Reading ease score: 75.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Matchmaker" by Charles L. Fontenay is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around the efforts of a societal mechanism, known as the Calculator, which utilizes probability algorithms to manage human relationships and solve a pressing demographic crisis. The book delves into themes of love, duty, and the implications of a highly regulated society on personal choices and emotions. The narrative follows Lao Protik, a successful psycho-artist whose life unravels after he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that leads to his professional and personal downfall. Banished from his career and facing existential challenges, he is coerced into marrying Grida Mattin, a woman with whom he initially shares little connection. Despite external manipulations, Lao's emotions are ignited when he becomes involved with Grida's sister, Alina. The story intricately explores the dynamics of these relationships against a backdrop of governmental control and societal expectations, ultimately revealing profound insights into love, marriage, and the unpredictable nature of human emotions and connections. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Fontenay, Charles L., 1917-2007
Illustrator: Wood, Wallace, 1927-1981
EBook No.: 60837
Published: Dec 3, 2019
Downloads: 56
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Mate selection -- Fiction
Subject: Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Computers -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Matchmaker
Note: Reading ease score: 75.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Matchmaker" by Charles L. Fontenay is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around the efforts of a societal mechanism, known as the Calculator, which utilizes probability algorithms to manage human relationships and solve a pressing demographic crisis. The book delves into themes of love, duty, and the implications of a highly regulated society on personal choices and emotions. The narrative follows Lao Protik, a successful psycho-artist whose life unravels after he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy that leads to his professional and personal downfall. Banished from his career and facing existential challenges, he is coerced into marrying Grida Mattin, a woman with whom he initially shares little connection. Despite external manipulations, Lao's emotions are ignited when he becomes involved with Grida's sister, Alina. The story intricately explores the dynamics of these relationships against a backdrop of governmental control and societal expectations, ultimately revealing profound insights into love, marriage, and the unpredictable nature of human emotions and connections. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Fontenay, Charles L., 1917-2007
Illustrator: Wood, Wallace, 1927-1981
EBook No.: 60837
Published: Dec 3, 2019
Downloads: 56
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Mate selection -- Fiction
Subject: Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Subject: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Subject: Computers -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.