The Incredible Life-Form by Winston K. Marks

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Author Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney), 1915-1979
Title The Incredible Life-Form
Note Reading ease score: 62.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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Summary "The Incredible Life-Form" by Winston K. Marks is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores the concept of life and self-awareness through the fictional creation of a unique life-form by a sentient diamond named Prime on the planet Earth. The narrative serves as a thought experiment on the nature of existence, egotism, and the responsibilities that come with creation. The plot revolves around Tone Seng Froot, an investigator who observes Prime's progression in creating animal life and ultimately self-aware humans. Initially amused by Prime's ambitions, Froot soon finds the ramifications of these creations dire, as humans possess an insatiable drive for self-preservation that leads to their own destruction through nuclear warfare. Prime, seeking vengeance for being worshipped and then abandoned by his creations, ultimately decides to destroy the last human but is manipulated by her pleas for life. The story culminates in a startling realization about the complexities of creator and creation, ultimately questioning the ethics and unintended consequences of playing god with life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Short stories
Subject Life -- Fiction
Subject Diamonds -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 65979
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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