Project Gutenberg 2016-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 113 Sheckley, Robert 1928 2005 Barbee, Phillips Lang, Ned O'Donnevan, Finn Barbee, Phillip Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Proof of the Pudding Reading ease score: 85.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Proof of the Pudding" by Robert Sheckley is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of creation and reality through the eyes of a man who believes he is the last human on Earth after a devastating war has obliterated life on the planet. With the newfound ability to create anything he imagines, he grapples with existential questions about existence and companionship. The story follows a nameless male protagonist who, while contemplating his existence and reflecting on humanity's destructive past, unexpectedly encounters a woman named Joan in a cave. As they form a bond, he uses his creative powers to make a lavish city and offers her a new life free from the war's memories. However, his skepticism about her reality leads to philosophical debates between them about creation and existence. Ultimately, Joan helps him confront his insecurities and offers a glimpse of hope and connection amidst the desolation, with their relationship symbolizing a new beginning in a world marked by destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Apocalyptic fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 43705 43710 2024-10-21T09:41:17.984103 2023-09-22T06:56:05.303657 text/html text/html 40184 2016-01-04T10:15:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii 259386 2016-01-04T10:15:34 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 290125 2024-10-21T09:41:19.798101 application/epub+zip 289049 2024-10-21T09:41:18.387116 application/epub+zip 75771 2024-10-21T09:41:18.170082 application/epub+zip 324339 2024-10-21T09:41:21.035099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317196 2024-10-21T09:41:19.575070 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 104317 2022-09-23T06:22:47.227391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36922 36827 2024-10-21T09:41:17.859086 2023-09-22T06:56:05.080655 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 37158 2016-01-04T10:15:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14354 2016-01-04T10:15:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21309 2024-10-21T09:41:21.166067 application/rdf+xml 26271 2024-10-21T09:41:18.238075 image/jpeg 4416 2024-10-21T09:41:18.204075 image/jpeg 260570 2024-10-21T09:41:17.998076 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 en.wikipedia