Death of a B.E.M. (Registro nro. 73572)
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| control field | 32726 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| control field | 20260610133739.0 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Livingston, Berkeley, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1909-1975 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Death of a B.E.M. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Produced from Amazing Stories October 1948. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2010-06-07 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed<br/>Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Death of a B.E.M." by Berkeley Livingston is a satirical science fiction story written in the late 1940s. The narrative explores the humorous interactions between human creators—an artist and a writer—and the fictional bug-eyed monsters (B.E.M.s) they are forced to depict in their works. The topic revolves around the imagination of the writers and how it shapes the portrayal of creatures in science fiction while also highlighting the absurdity of the glorified monster trope. The story essentially unfolds in two realms: the mundane world of the writer and artist struggling to create engaging content and the chaotic planet XYZ268PDQ, home to the B.E.M.s. The chief B.E.M., Hiah-Leugh, and his companions discuss their frustrations with being relegated to the role of stereotypical monsters in fiction. In an ironic twist, these monsters decide to capture human artists to finally portray them authentically, leading to a comical series of events where the humans experience a mock torture party. Ultimately, the narrative satirizes the clichés of the genre while cleverly questioning the reader's perception of monsters, revealing that they are merely the product of human imagination. As the story concludes, the writer's epiphany inspires him to create more nuanced and multi-dimensional characters in his future works. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Science fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Short stories |
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| Uncontrolled term | Authors -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Monsters -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Artists -- Fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Imagination -- Fiction |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Amazing Stories October 1948. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32726">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32726</a> |
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