"Omega"
| Title | "Omega" |
| Year for Search | 1960 |
| Authors | Sheckley, Robert(1928-2005) |
| Secondary Title | Amazing Science Fiction Stories |
| Volume / Edition | 34.8 - 9 |
| Pagination | 6-51, 64-134 |
| Date Published | August - September 1960 |
| ISSN Number | 1060-541X |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia of a prison planet where there is a religion of evil, much violence, and one succeeds through murder. This is contrasted with a eutopian earth that is ineffectual. Includes an early version of his human hunt. See 1958 and 1966 Sheckley. |
| Additional Publishers | Repub. as The Status Civilization. New York: New American Library, 1960. Rpt. New York: Dell, 1968. UK ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1976; rpt. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1979. |
| Title Note | Repub. as The Status Civilization. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, NLS |
| Author Note | (1928-2005) |
| Full Text | 1960 Sheckley, Robert (1928-2005). “Omega.” Amazing Science Fiction Stories 34.8 - 9 (August - September 1960): 6-51, 64-134. Repub. as The Status Civilization. New York: New American Library, 1960. Rpt. New York: Dell, 1968. UK ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1976; rpt. Harmondsworth, Eng.: Penguin Books, 1979. MoU-St, NLS Dystopia of a prison planet where there is a religion of evil, much violence, and one succeeds through murder. This is contrasted with a eutopian earth that is ineffectual. Includes a version of his human hunt. See 1958 and 1966 Sheckley |
