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Short Story

The Last of the Masters

1954

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About this story

In a world that has abolished centralized government, agents investigate rumors of a surviving state. Their search brings them to a hidden society sustained by an aging machine and raises questions about freedom and dependence.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Jul 15, 1953

    Composition: no later than Jul 15, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jul 15, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Jul 15, 1953

  3. Nov 1954

    First published Nov 1954

    Orbit SF