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The Status Civilization

His return to consciousness was a slow and painful process. It was a journey in which he traversed all time. He dreamed. He rose through thick layers of sleep, out of the imaginary beginnings of all things. He lifted a pseudopod from primordial ooze, and the pseudopod was him. He became an amoeba which contained his essence; then a fish marked with his own peculiar individuality; then an ape unlike all other apes. And finally, he became a man. | feedboo is The Status Civilization Sheckley Robert Published 1960 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http www.gutenberg.org 1 About Sheckley Robert Sheckley July 16 1928 - December 9 2005 was an American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable absurdist and broadly comical. Sheckley was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2001. There are those who were shocked he was not given the Grand Master Award instead. Commented one scholar Kingsley Amis critical overview of Science Fiction named Sheckley as our field s brightest light. But Sheckley was a humorist and nowadays this is how our Mark Twains are treated. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Sheckley Bad Medicine 1956 Reborn Again 2005 Cost of Living 1952 Warrior Race 1952 Diplomatic Immunity 1953 Beside Still Waters 1953 Warm 1953 Forever 1959 The Hour of Battle 1953 The Leech 1952 Copyright Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and or check the copyright status in your country. Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http www.feedbooks.com Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Chapter 1 His return to consciousness was a slow and painful process. It was a journey in which he traversed all time. He dreamed. He rose through thick layers of sleep out of the imaginary beginnings of all things. He lifted a pseudopod from primordial ooze and the pseudopod was him. He became an amoeba which contained his essence then a fish marked with his own peculiar individuality then an ape unlike all other apes. And finally he became a man. What kind of man Dimly he saw himself faceless a beamer gripped tight on one hand a corpse at his feet. That kind of man. He awoke rubbed his eyes and waited for further memories to come. No memories came. Not even his name. He sat up hastily and willed memory to .