Philip K Dick Audiobook Short Story: Human Is Short Sci Fi Story From the 1950s 🎧
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Phillip K Dick Sci Fi Audiobook Full Length
This is the 4th short sci-fi story by Philip K. Dick we’ve featured on our podcast. You can find Sales Pitch in episode 16, The Eyes Have It in episode 11 and The Hanging Stranger in episode 1.
Human Is first appeared in the Winter 1955 edition of Startling Stories magazine. If you wanted to pick up a copy you should check out AbeBooks.com which has several copies ranging in price from $15 to $57.50. Let’s turn to page 67 for Human Is by Philip K. Dick…
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?"
"It's almost ready." The stove showed a red signal light. The robant waiter had come out of the wall and was waiting expectantly to take the food...
Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… Snaring both Earthmen in a mind-web was easy for the mutant telepath. But once you've caught your prey-how do you get rid of them?
That’s next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.
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A PKD fan here, Thank you. That was a very touching story. I'm sending a link to a friend and his wife who have gone through some harrowing medical difficulties lately. I think it will brighten their day.
Just stumbled across your channel - new subscriber!
Again, Thanks for your efforts!
-dave
Thanks Dave! I'm also a huge fan of PKD. Love narrating his stories and this is one of my favorites. Thanks for watching/listening and sharing the PKD goodness with others.
@@VintageSciFiAudiobooks No, thank you! Great job reading the material! I'm looking forward to catching up on your catalog.
Too bad PKD didn't get the accolades or the income he deserved during his lifetime.
Regards -dave
@dgwachtel I agree with you, it's very sad that Philip K. Dick didn't receive the recognition he deserved during his lifetime. He was extremely talented. I just narrated two of his books in 24 hours. Human Is, which you've heard and Meddler. Every short story he wrote instantly becomes one of my favorites. He was that good. Again, thank you for listening. I cannot say thank you enough because I truly love what I do!!
Im a big pkd guy too, sendin' this to you buddy to helpin out like that.. right on 👍... thats whats cool bout us real pkd people😂 we really try to take carenof people dont we? See... human is.... that goddamn pkd throws so heat bro!! Good stuff
@Max Power thanks for listening and know that as long as I'm alive, which will hopefully be for many more years, you can count on at least one vintage sci-fi story every week!
Easy to see why Philip K Dick is considered one of the greats of Sci Fi writing.
Yes it is. A lot more PKD on the way including a story I just recorded yesterday that has become one of my favorite sci-fi stories of all time. Thanks for listening!!
Loved this one, pity all bad men can't be changed like that, I do like a happy ending.
@Veronica Conway I love it when stories have a happy ending. I guess I'm an old softie.
Nice ending. I knew Jill was going to keep the nice alien.
@jacqueline schael it seemed like an easy choice. Thanks for listening!
My new favorite channel!
Thank you! I'm glad you like it. We'll keep the vintage sci-fi coming, and your comments are always welcome.
Thanks
@SnakeAndTurtleQigong Thank YOU for listening!!
Steadily listening my way through all of these since discovering the channel.
@James van Maanenberg thanks for listening!
This story is very thought provoking on many angles. This story and "Love as scripted" by Jinji Ito have that same effect.
Beautiful story!
I think so too! I love narrating stories by Philip K. Dick. Two more of his stories on the way in a few weeks. Glad you liked it.
Thanks for the stories and the telling
Thank you for listening! Your comments is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for all these! I'm a huge PKD fan, and have listened to most of his stories (and read his main books in addition). Could you possibly read his beautiful, poignant "Explorers We"? Even if not, thank you so much, again, for doing these!!!
@TheGreenestG I am glad you found us and if you haven't already I hope you'll subscribe so you never miss any of our vintage sci-fi stories. All the stories we narrate are in the public domain and I don't believe "Explorers We" is in the public domain. However, I'll see what I can find out. Thanks for listening!!
Like an alternate version of Blade Runner! Great story, thanks for recording!
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for listening!
Brilliant story.
Have listened to it before but like it so much that I listen again.
I wish ...
Thank you.
☘️🌝🌲
Thanks for listening!! And thanks for your comment too!
Loved the story! Am subscribing.
Thanks! As soon as I read this story I knew I had to narrate it. Thanks for subscribing and I hope you enjoy all the stories we do as much as this one.
@@VintageSciFiAudiobooks Loved the ending lol
@Annikat me too! I remember the first time I read it being surprised. Love Philip K. Dick and I've narrated more of his stories so far than anybody else.
I'm a huge Dickhead. We Can Remember It Wholesale and Second Variety are his two greatest stories.
If you're requesting those two stories here's what's happening, We Can Remember It Wholesale is not in the public domain which means we cannot legally record it and make it available for sale or for free. We haven't narrated Second Variety yet, but it'll probably be around 2 hours when we do. When we add the other elements to it that would probably push the podcast over 2 hours. So far, the longest episode has been 1 hour 11 minutes. Will people listen if we do a 2 hour podcast? You could have simply been making a comment and not a request, if so, please disregard everything else I've said lol!!
Didn't the old outer limits do this?
@donaldwhittaker7987 not that I am aware of. However it appeared in Season 1 Episode 6 of a TV show called Electric Dreams. The Episode aired Jan 12th, 2018 on Amazon Prime. Thanks for listening!!
And why not? I would have done the same.
Seemed like a no brainer to me too!
@@VintageSciFiAudiobooks great minds think alike.
@gwendolyn2001 very true!
I wouldn't want him back
The Alien is a much better option!
@@VintageSciFiAudiobooks need to play this for my husband!
@Veronica I think it best that I not comment on your comment!!
@@VintageSciFiAudiobooks lol
@Veronica I won't even comment on your lol!
If the word Rexorian didn't remind me of lizzard people so much, I'd say the world needs more Rexorians. .. Don't mean to sound prejudice. And, actually, if lizzard people were as nice one might be inclined to say the same. Just don't take my mind or body. I promise I won't be toxic.
@GGEverybody Thanks for commenting and thanks for listening!!