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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aFarmer, Philip José,
_d1918-2009
245 1 0 _aHow deep the grooves
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories February 1963.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-12-14
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"How Deep the Grooves" by Philip José Farmer is a science fiction short story that was likely written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around the ethical dilemmas of technology and bioengineering, particularly regarding a scientist's ambition to control human thoughts and behaviors through experimental procedures on unborn children. The story critiques the extremes to which a society might go in the pursuit of conformity and loyalty to the State, invoking questions about free will and identity. The plot follows Doctor James Carroad, who, in his pursuit of scientific advancement to serve the State, decides to use his unborn child as a subject for a mind-altering experiment. As he showcases his invention, Cervus III, to the Secretary of Science, his wife, Jane Carroad, begins to experience troubling insights about the implications of their actions and the nature of human consciousness. The story escalates as Jane's emotional turmoil unveils profound revelations about predestination and the mechanized nature of existence, culminating in a disturbing realization about her son's future. Ultimately, the narrative explores the intersection of science, morality, and what it means to be human in an increasingly technological world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aFetus -- Fiction
653 _aExperiments -- Fiction
653 _aPregnant women -- Fiction
700 1 _aAdkins, Dan,
_d1937-2013
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories February 1963.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72401
999 _c113126
_d113126