02236cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500210014526400510016630000470021733600260026433700260029033800360031649000480035250000310040050801120043152011310054353400450167465300200171965300180173965300210175783000480177885600430182699900170186931516UtSlPG20260610133723.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aDick, Philip K.,d1928-198214aThe Eyes Have It 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Science Fiction Stories 1953. aRelease date is 2010-03-06 aProduced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net a"The Eyes Have It" by Philip K. Dick is a short science fiction story written in the early to mid-20th century. The work delves into themes of perception and reality, illustrating how ordinary observations can take on extraordinary implications when viewed from a different perspective. It showcases Dick's signature style of blending unsettling humor with speculative ideas. The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist who stumbles upon a seemingly innocuous book featuring peculiar descriptions of human anatomy. As he reads, he grows increasingly alarmed by the bizarre possibility that the characters in the story are actually alien life forms capable of detaching their body parts. The protagonist's mounting horror is compounded by his realization that these nonhuman beings live without any regard for their missing limbs or organs, treating such actions as mundane. Ultimately, the tale culminates in the protagonist's desperate attempt to escape the unsettling implications of the story, suggesting a whimsical yet unnerving critique of human nature and societal norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aScience fiction aShort stories aHumorous stories 0aProduced from Science Fiction Stories 1953.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31516 c72362d72362