There was a moment of dazzling pain, and then he lost consciousness. When he came to, he was alone in his own home on Earth. His arm and shoulder ached, and several of his ribs seemed to be broken. On his left hand he bore the stigmata of the trichomotred's bite. But with his cut and bleeding right hand he had smashed the mirror. He had shattered it and Barrent-1 utterly and forever. OMEGA RELIGION: THE WORSHIP OF EVIL PLEASURES: THE THRILL OF THE HUNT, WITH HUMAN PREY STATUS: ATTAINED ONE CORPSE AT A TIME LIFE EXPECTANCY: THREE EARTH YEARS "ALL OF YOU ARE CRIMINALS THEREFORE MANKIND HAS REJECTED YOU, AND YOU HAVE BEEN SENT TO A WORLD WHERE YOUR OWN SORT IS KING. HERE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN RULES, AND DIE BY THEM ..." THE STATUS CIVILIZATION Transcriber's List of Corrections Chapter One Page 1, "futher" changed to "further." (He awoke, rubbed his eyes, and waited for further memories to come.) Page 9, "ot think" changed to "to think." (All he wanted to do was lie down, to sleep, to have a chance to think about his situation.) Chapter Two Page 14, "theif" changed to "thief." (I'm ashamed to admit that I can't remember what a credit thief is.) Chapter Five Page 36, "wtih" changed to "with." (She appeared to be dissatisfied with her husband; and divorce was forbidden on Omega.) Chapter Nine Page 65, "murder" changed to "murderer." (Before his visit to the Dream Shop he had never felt himself a murderer, no matter what the Earth authorities had accused him of.) Chapter Sixteen Page 107, "undected" changed to "undetected." (By noon, Barrent was still undetected.) Page 114, "were were" changed to "were." (If he were able to get by the city gate, he would have to watch for the hunting patrols.) Chapter Eighteen Page 125, "Barren" changed to "Barrent." (Barrent ducked out of a corner in which the creeping vines were trapping him.) Chapter Twenty-Three Page 151, "coud" changed to "could." (Barrent backed away, wondering if a needlebeam could stop it.) Chapter Twenty-Four Page 159, Added a missing end-quote. (The full facilities of this park are waiting for all lovers of the great outdoors.") Page 159, "Presumbaly" changed to "Presumably." (Presumably they liked this sort of thing.) End of Project Gutenberg's The Status Civilization, by Robert Sheckley