Project Gutenberg 2010-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 91 Knight, Damon 1922 2002 Knight, Damon Francis Fleming, Stuart Conanight Ashman, William Ashman Special Delivery Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Special Delivery" by Damon Knight is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers around Len and Moira Connington, who are dealing with the complexities of impending parenthood in a humorous yet eerie context. The book explores themes of pregnancy, communication, and the unexpected consequences of having a child who exhibits extraordinary abilities before being born. In the storyline, Len is concerned about his wife's odd behavior during her pregnancy, which seems influenced by their unborn child, Leo. As Moira begins to feel Leo's presence and hear his thoughts, it becomes clear that he is no ordinary fetus; he possesses intelligence and personality traits that pose challenges for the couple. Moira's increasing connections with Leo lead to bizarre and comical situations, including his demands and peculiar interests. Ultimately, the story culminates in the tense moments of Moira's labor, with Leo's urgency to control his environment revealing deeper implications of their unique situation. The narrative combines elements of suspense and absurdity as it explores what it means to be a parent to a truly remarkable offspring. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32011/32011-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 71725 71735 2024-09-13T12:42:51.415915 2023-09-14T06:51:57.332542 text/html text/html 68291 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 295411 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 279453 2024-09-13T12:42:53.883912 application/epub+zip 279653 2024-09-13T12:42:51.991899 application/epub+zip 72593 2024-09-13T12:42:51.743905 application/epub+zip 320511 2024-09-13T12:42:55.467883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312221 2024-09-13T12:42:53.633941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107232 2022-09-14T15:58:20.315819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61152 61049 2024-09-13T12:42:51.167925 2023-09-14T06:51:57.125502 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61001 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24676 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 60992 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24657 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20883 2024-09-13T12:42:55.609898 application/rdf+xml 27686 2024-09-13T12:42:51.816901 image/jpeg 4739 2024-09-13T12:42:51.778970 image/jpeg 304731 2024-09-13T12:42:51.455980 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 en.wikipedia