The Last Class
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Description
The Last Class is a science fiction tale by Richard Banks, first printed in Amazing Stories in July 1962. A note at the head gives the nod to Zola, who wrote a tale of the same name. Zola's French schoolmaster was forced to leave his pupils by German troops. Banks sets his class far in the future. Miss Hippiness faces twelve children in a snug room. The old towers of New York stand empty and scarred outside.
The children put away their atomic blocks and their mind tools. Each takes a small pill, and for thirty sweet seconds they remember. The pills let them recall their lesson, but the memory will be wiped out in half an hour. Miss Hippiness grieves that they are fooled in this way. Her class talks of the twentieth century, a lost age she wants them to keep.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |