Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick -Vintage Science Fiction novelette Short Story Audiobook human voice
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- This is one of PKD's early stories, in which a few of his recurring themes make appearances, such as the blurred line between human and machine and what it is that drives mankind's penchant for war.
Earth is at war with biotech-aliens on Proxima Centauri, and mankind's automated spaceships cannot breach the yuks' living minefield. So the technocratic researchers of Earth come up with a way to integrate human brains to pilot the spaceships, and for their first experimental cruiser, they choose an ancient, wizened professor, who has his own plans for his new body...and for mankind!
The original blurb:
A human brain-controlled spacecraft would mean mechanical perfection. This was accomplished, and something unforeseen: a strange entity called-MR. SPACESHIP.
Philip K. Dick (1928-1982), aka PKD, is most well known for writing the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which was turned into the cult classic movie Blade Runner. In my opinion everything he wrote is first rate. Even though some of it is admittedly rather weird. I would also recommend The Man in the High Castle, set in an alternative history America where the Axis powers won the second world war. (Also made into a TV-series on Prime Video. Well, the first season is good. Later seasons...not so much.) He published 44 novels and about 120 shorter stories, most of which were in the realm of Science Ficion.
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Thank you!!
You are very welcome :)
This story by PKD reminded me about the premise of the "Bobverse" series. Human brain here; replicant AI there.
I have seen that series, but not read it. Is it any good?
Hey; Mr. Spacwship won't you please take me along? I won't do anything wrong
Hey. Mr. Spacwship: Won't you please take me along for a ride?
That was for The Byrds
those saucer shaped lights
leave people uptight
(gotta love those lyrics) :)
@@SpacePatrollerLaser
Yeah baby! 8 Miles High!!👏🤣
A simple story, that starts from one idea without any twists and turns and leads to many questions:
is man only able to be "good" when he is no more "a man" but just an isolated brain?
and will he someday even get rid of that (which is still vulnerable) and consist of mere electrical impulses ?
and if so, who will notice but he himself ?
Thought-provoking! PKD really had a knack for writing just this kind of stuff. :)
@@futurespast-42
Sure and there lies the misery of modern man:
if you read the comments everywhere, 95 percent just look like :
"great/awesome/thank you/" and so on, but scarcely a thought or idea of their own.
Agreed!
You know, that might be a good premise for a story; the existential dread of vapid living vicariously through the comment sections.
🐙💨 WHOO--HOO!! 1st!🚀
Nice job! 😉