Status Quo

A 1961 science fiction short story by Mack Reynolds, set in a conformist near-future Washington where status dictates fashion and speech. Government trouble shooter Lawrence Woolford investigates perfectly counterfeit fifty dollar bills that may signal a foreign conspiracy.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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SciFi, Fantasy, and Webnovels›Space and adventure science fiction›Future societies and satire›Government, law, and surveillance

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