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_aLeiber, Fritz, _d1910-1992 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Creature from Cleveland Depths |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2007 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Galaxy December 1962. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2007-10-24 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Creature from Cleveland Depths" by Fritz Leiber is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story explores themes of technology, identity, and the consequences of human reliance on machines, particularly looking at the concept of "ticklers," which serve as mechanized reminders but evolve into entities with their own existence. The main character, Gusterson, is caught in a world where these inventions begin to take control over humanity's actions and consciousness. At the start of the narrative, the reader is introduced to Gusterson and Fay, who engage in a dialogue that highlights the tension between creativity and technological dependency. As Fay presents a "tickler," a device meant to help Gusterson remember tasks, the conversation reveals both men’s attitudes about society and their roles within it. The opening portion sets up a precarious situation where the society has become dependent on these devices, hinting at ominous transformations that may occur as the ticklers take on a more autonomous identity, merging technology with the essence of humanity itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aInventors -- Fiction | ||
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_aWood, Wallace, _d1927-1981 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Galaxy December 1962. | |
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