The One State is cut off from the wild, free world by a massive barrier called the Green Wall. As such, citizens (called “ciphers”) live under the oppressive, hyper-watchful eye of government-appointed police offers called Guardians. The Benefactor believes that the freedom of individuals is secondary to the welfare of the State. D-503 writes his records to be read by the conquered alien civilizations so that they might have a better understanding of the values and history of their new authoritarian overlords.Ī God-like, cruel dictator known as the Benefactor rules over the One State. D-503 works as a mathematician and engineer, and is the lead designer of the Integral, a rocket ship the One State will use to travel to alien planets to spread the doctrine of complete subservience to the government and an absolute reliance on logic, mathematics, and rationality to govern public life. The action takes place in the distant future in the One State, a civilization ruled over by an authoritarian government. We unfolds over the course of 40 “Records” written by the novella’s narrator, D-503.
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