02412cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500240014326400510016730000470021833600260026533700260029133800360031749000510035350000310040450801080043552012200054353400450176365300200180865300180182865300260184665300540187270000300192683000510195685600430200753089UtSlPG20260610134225.0mcr n260607r2016||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aSharkey, Jack,d1931-199214aThe Creature Inside 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2016 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Worlds of Tomorrow December 1963 aRelease date is 2016-09-19 aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net a"The Creature Inside" by Jack Sharkey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The book explores themes of consciousness, alternate realities, and psychological manipulation through a narrative centered around a high-stakes mission involving the mind. It revolves around the consequences of an experimental device that can tap into and amplify a person's thoughts and feelings, leading to a dangerous exploration of human psyche. The story follows Lieutenant Jerry Norcriss as he embarks on a mission to rescue a man named Anthony Mawson, who has become lost in a self-created mental universe generated by a malfunctioning experimental machine. As Jerry steps into this mind-bending world, he grapples with the blurry lines between reality and illusion, encountering embodiments of his deepest desires and fears, particularly a vision of a woman named Carol, who represents both hope and deception. Through a series of harrowing experiences within Mawson's fractured reality, Jerry must confront the dangers not only of the machine but also of his own mind, ultimately discovering the tricky nature of perception and the fragility of human consciousness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aScience fiction aShort stories aPsychological fiction aNorcriss, Jerry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction1 aWood, Wallace,d1927-1981 0aProduced from Worlds of Tomorrow December 196340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53089