THE STATUS CIVILIZATION
ROBERT SHECKLEY
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THE STATUS CIVILIZATION
Copyright © 1960 by Robert Sheckley
First appeared under the title Omega in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, published by Ziff-Davis.
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