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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aLeiber, Fritz,
_d1910-1992
245 1 4 _aThe Creature from Cleveland Depths
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
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
700 1 _aWood, Wallace,
_d1927-1981
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy December 1962.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164
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