This story of a technological paradise suddenly turned nightmare is a genuine shocker. For $1,000 a day, vacationers can indulge whims at the "theme park" called Westworld where the gunhands and dance-hall girls are all robots programmed to serve the guests' violent and lustful fantasies--until something goes wrong with their circuitry.

A wealthy orphan is dutifully resigned to an arranged marriage with a socially acceptable man, when she falls in love with a young Swiss immigrant. Set in New York City in the early 1900's.