The Creature from Cleveland Depths by Fritz Leiber

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.html.images 140 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.epub3.images 682 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.epub.images 682 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.epub.noimages 110 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.kf8.images 780 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.kindle.images 762 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23164.txt.utf-8 120 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23164/pg23164-h.zip 611 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Leiber, Fritz, 1910-1992
Illustrator Wood, Wallace, 1927-1981
Title The Creature from Cleveland Depths
Series Title Produced from Galaxy December 1962.
Credits Produced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "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.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Inventors -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 23164
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 174 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!