Beyond This Horizon - 00.nfo
General Information
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Title: Beyond This Horizon
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Copyright: 1942
Genre: Other
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Cassettes
Condition: Okay
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 5
Total Duration: 7:02:27
Total MP3 Size: 193.41
Parity Archive: Yes
Encoded With: Easy CDDA Extractor
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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The novel depicts a world where genetic selection for increased health,
longevity, and intelligence has become so widespread that the unmodified
'control naturals' are a carefully managed (and protected) minority.
Dueling and the carrying of arms is a socially accepted way of maintaining
civility in public - a man can wear distinctive clothing to show his
unwillingness to duel, but this results in a lower social status. The
world has become an economic utopia; the "economic dividend" is so high
that work has become optional. The chief economic problem is in fact
using up the economic surplus: many high-quality goods actually cost
less than those of lower quality. But as many use the lower quality
goods anyway as status symbols, much goes into scientific research,
but this has the side-effect of further increasing productivity a decade
or three later, so long-term projects with no (expected) possible economic
return are favored above all but medical research (longer lifespans
will consume more surplus).
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