Project Gutenberg 2008-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 71 Teichner, Albert Teichner, Albert R. Birmingham, Lloyd 1924 2010 Birmingham, Lloyd P. Cerebrum Reading ease score: 74.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cerebrum" by Albert Teichner is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story explores themes of telepathy and societal dependence on a technological communication system, set in a future where a central mind controls thought transfer among individuals. The book delves into the implications of psychological connectivity and the consequences faced when that connection starts to deteriorate. The narrative follows Connor and Rhoda, a couple whose lives are upended when they are 'Suspended' from the powerful telepathic Central System after a miscommunication. As their telepathic privileges are revoked, they confront the societal isolation that ensues, discovering that many others face the same fate. Gradually, Connor learns to adjust to life outside the System and begins to appreciate the capacity for independent thought, while the System itself starts to show signs of inefficiency and malfunctioning. As chaos envelops their society and the consequences of over-dependence on telepathic connection become evident, the story ultimately leads to a dramatic transformation, questioning what it means to truly communicate and connect with others. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Telepathy -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 68335 68327 2024-10-11T11:37:59.260169 2023-09-12T04:47:22.047838 text/html text/html 64639 2008-10-03T14:10:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 197704 2008-10-03T14:10:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 252874 2024-10-11T11:38:03.685662 application/epub+zip 251313 2024-10-11T11:38:01.080171 application/epub+zip 125041 2024-10-11T11:37:59.904128 application/epub+zip 347897 2024-10-11T11:38:05.637643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252585 2024-10-11T11:38:02.952669 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107892 2022-09-12T11:15:23.943046 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60618 60518 2024-10-11T11:37:58.915199 2023-09-12T04:47:21.827833 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 60523 2008-10-03T14:10:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24036 2008-10-03T14:10:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20330 2024-10-11T11:38:05.770628 application/rdf+xml 7959 2024-10-11T11:38:00.457138 image/jpeg 2131 2024-10-11T11:38:00.179139 image/jpeg 250912 2024-10-11T11:37:59.280167 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog