Human Is - Philip K. Dick
Aug 09, 2022•32 min
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Title: Human Is
Author: Philip K. Dick
Narrator: Scott Miller
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:31:36
Language: English
Release date: 08-09-2022
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Summary:
Human Is by Philip K. Dick - She noticed the change in her husband -- but she had married for better or worse! Jill Herrick's blue eyes filled with tears. She gazed at her husband in unspeakable horror. 'You're — you're hideous!' she wailed. Lester Herrick continued working, arranging heaps of notes and graphs in precise piles. 'Hideous,' he stated, 'is a value judgment. It contains no factual information.' He sent a report tape on Centauran parasitic life whizzing through the desk scanner. 'Merely an opinion. An expression of emotion, nothing more.' Jill stumbled back to the kitchen. Listlessly, she waved her hand to trip the stove into activity. Conveyor belts in the wall hummed to life, hurrying the food from the underground storage lockers for the evening meal. She turned to face her husband one last time. 'Not even a little while?' she begged. 'Not even —' 'Not even for a month. When he comes you can tell him. If you haven't the courage, I'll do it. I can't have a child running around here. I have too much work to do. This report on Betelgeuse XI is due in ten days.' Lester dropped a spool on Fomalhautan fossil implements into the scanner. 'What's the matter with your brother? Why can't he take care of his own child?' Jill dabbed at swollen eyes. 'Don't you understand? I want Gus here! I begged Frank to let him come. And now you —' 'I'll be glad when he's old enough to be turned over to the Government.' Lester's thin face twisted in annoyance. 'Damn it, Jill, isn't dinner ready yet? It's been ten minutes! What's wrong with that stove?'
https://hotaudiobook.com/free
Title: Human Is
Author: Philip K. Dick
Narrator: Scott Miller
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:31:36
Language: English
Release date: 08-09-2022
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Summary:
Human Is by Philip K. Dick - She noticed the change in her husband -- but she had married for better or worse! Jill Herrick's blue eyes filled with tears. She gazed at her husband in unspeakable horror. 'You're — you're hideous!' she wailed. Lester Herrick continued working, arranging heaps of notes and graphs in precise piles. 'Hideous,' he stated, 'is a value judgment. It contains no factual information.' He sent a report tape on Centauran parasitic life whizzing through the desk scanner. 'Merely an opinion. An expression of emotion, nothing more.' Jill stumbled back to the kitchen. Listlessly, she waved her hand to trip the stove into activity. Conveyor belts in the wall hummed to life, hurrying the food from the underground storage lockers for the evening meal. She turned to face her husband one last time. 'Not even a little while?' she begged. 'Not even —' 'Not even for a month. When he comes you can tell him. If you haven't the courage, I'll do it. I can't have a child running around here. I have too much work to do. This report on Betelgeuse XI is due in ten days.' Lester dropped a spool on Fomalhautan fossil implements into the scanner. 'What's the matter with your brother? Why can't he take care of his own child?' Jill dabbed at swollen eyes. 'Don't you understand? I want Gus here! I begged Frank to let him come. And now you —' 'I'll be glad when he's old enough to be turned over to the Government.' Lester's thin face twisted in annoyance. 'Damn it, Jill, isn't dinner ready yet? It's been ten minutes! What's wrong with that stove?'
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