Irving E Cox: 24 books

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Love Story by Irving E. Cox, Jr.

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. Elvin wasn't sure how it had started— maybe it was the Schermerhorn twins— or the mysterious “meteorite”— or else the world had gone crazy. . . .

On one level, this witty short story describes a future in which traditional gender roles are reversed and men have quite literally become enslaved to the capricious whims of their female masters. On another level, "Love Story" can be read as a satirical indictment of the increasing materialism that took hold of middle-class America in the 1950s.

Plucky teenager Myrna Brill doesn't always follow the strict rules imposed on her and fellow residents of the small, tightly governed community she lives in. So when she sets out to discover the truth about the world and finds herself jetting off into outer space, she takes the journey in stride.

Everything was aimed at satisfying the whims of women. The popular cliches, the pretty romances, the catchwords of advertising became realities; and the compound kept the men enslaved. George knew what he had to do . . . .

Revolution is not necessarily a noble thing. Unless shrewdly directed, its best elements may fall victim to its basest impulses.

In this tale of revolutionary upheaval in the distant future, Eddie Dirrul finds himself caught up in the machinations of an insurgency plot that quickly spirals out of control. But in addition to the age-old motivations of power and greed, the added elements of ESP and mind control make the situation even more complicated and potentially disastrous.

Revolution is not necessarily a noble thing. Unless shrewdly directed, its best elements may fall victim to its basest impulses.

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