“This,” said the Franciscan, “is my Automaton, who at the proper time will speak, answer whatsoever question I may ask, and reveal all secret knowledge to me.” He smiled as he laid his hand affectionately on the iron skull that topped the pedestal.
After making science-fiction history with his beloved and broadly influential tale “A Martian Odyssey,” Stanley G. Weinbaum turned his creative powers to a series of stories starring a mismatched pair of protagonists: legend-in-his-own-mind Professor Haskel van Manderpootz and dashing aristocrat Dixon Wells. In the engaging short story “The Ideal,” the two develop a device that allows the user to catch a fleeting glimpse of his or her ideal in any category — person, place or thing.
First published 1935
Ovi Magazine publihsing November 2023
Download in PDF format HERE!
Download in epub format HERE!
Download in mobi format HERE!
Read it online HERE!
Or enjoy reading it online & downloading it as PDF HERE!
The Ovi eBooks 