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 Project Gutenberg 2010-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 80 Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney) 1915 1979 Marks, Winston Kinney Balbalis, John 1929 1991 Balbalis The Water Eater Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Water Eater" by Winston K. Marks is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around the unintended consequences of a domestic experiment involving household cleaning agents that leads to the creation of a mysterious and potentially dangerous substance. The story touches on themes of curiosity, scientific discovery, and the anxieties that come with creating something that may be beyond human control. The plot follows Charlie, a beer truck driver with a keen interest in chemistry, as he attempts to solve a household issue with a malfunctioning oil heater. During this process, he creates a jelly-like substance that exhibits bizarre properties, particularly its insatiable thirst for water. As the jelly begins to outgrow its container and demonstrates suggestive behaviors, Charlie grows increasingly concerned about his creation. His fascination turns to fear after the jelly's actions culminate in an injury to his hand, prompting him to destroy it. In the end, however, a sense of dread lingers as Charlie realizes he may have unleashed something harmful into the environment, leaving him apprehensive about the potential fallout of his actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31841/31841-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 51047 51055 2024-09-13T12:01:21.857912 2023-09-14T06:15:42.973592 text/html text/html 47017 2021-01-06T09:41:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 167615 2021-01-06T09:41:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 153089 2024-09-13T12:01:23.788874 application/epub+zip 152134 2024-09-13T12:01:22.247910 application/epub+zip 66316 2024-09-13T12:01:22.041910 application/epub+zip 187397 2024-09-13T12:01:25.162872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179795 2024-09-13T12:01:23.585881 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 95024 2022-09-14T15:07:17.155845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43174 43070 2024-09-13T12:01:21.717921 2023-09-14T06:15:42.835622 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 43026 2021-01-06T09:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16771 2021-01-06T09:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19141 2024-09-13T12:01:25.297885 application/rdf+xml 28944 2024-09-13T12:01:22.111892 image/jpeg 4720 2024-09-13T12:01:22.075934 image/jpeg 170817 2024-09-13T12:01:21.882981 application/octet-stream application/zip