Filthy Rich
Unknown
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Description
Fred Sheinbaum wrote Filthy Rich, a science fiction story in Worlds of If in April 1957. Its tagline calls the hero worse than Dillinger, the James boys, Captain Kidd, and Benedict Arnold together, all because he is filthy rich. The scene is a future America run by one great corporation.
An assistant vice-president for cotter pin production attends the Thursday executive meeting, which closes with the Consumer's Pledge recited in schools nationwide. Common workers put in three-day, twenty-one-hour weeks while management works behind the scenes raising living standards. Sheinbaum aims his satire at corporate cant and the religion of consumption, in the sharp, sour style Worlds of If favored under its editor of the day.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |