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Dying of Paradise

(1978)
(The Last Rose of Summer)
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SCIENCE FICTION-AFTER TWO CENTURIES OF EXPLOITATION THE NARCOTIC RESOURCES THAT MADE PERSEPHONE RICH HAVE BEEN MINED OUT.TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM CHAOS IT'S PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES:THE GENETICALLY CONTROLLED CITIZENS AND THE DEPRIVED SLAVES OF THE UNDERBELLY.BOTH GROUPS ARE MASTERED BY THE SELF PROGRAMMING COMPUTER KNOWN AS COMMAND CENTRAL.THERE CAN BE NO SUBVERSION:COMMAND CENTRAL WILL DESTROY IT.THERE CAN BE NO REBELLION:THE ELITE POLICE WILL CRUSH IT.UNTIL RORVIK FINDS A RELIC FROM THE PAST,A CLUE TO COMMAND CENTRALS ULTIMATE PLAN FOR DEATHLY PEACE ON PERSEPHONE.THE BATTLE IS ON-A LONE MALCONTENT AGAINST THE WORLD RULING MIND OF A NIGHTMARE MACHINE.


Genre: Science Fiction

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