Project Gutenberg 2007-05-22 Public domain in the USA. 126 Teichner, Albert Teichner, Albert R. Sweet Their Blood and Sticky Produced from “Worlds of If” November 1961. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sweet Their Blood and Sticky" by Albert R. Teichner is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. It explores themes of creation and existence through the lens of a distant future where a mysterious machine continues to operate long after human civilization has vanished. The narrative unfolds in a desolate world, focused on the interactions between sentient beings and an enigmatic contraption, delving into the nature of life that can arise from artificial origins. The story follows Creno and Harta, explorers from another dimension who encounter a vast taffy-producing machine in a barren landscape. As they observe peculiar creatures feasting on the pink substance it generates, they grapple with the notion that this machine may have birthed life itself. Creno, the more seasoned elder, attempts to guide Harta's understanding of the situation, while she becomes increasingly curious about the origins of the beings and the machine. Ultimately, Harta discovers a more ancient machine buried deep beneath the surface, revealing a cycle of creation and destruction, leaving both characters to ponder profound questions about existence and knowledge. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 37877 2025-08-09T06:31:37.077162 text/html 34684 2007-05-22T10:45:42 text/html 88608 2025-08-09T06:31:41.619146 application/epub+zip 87362 2025-08-09T06:31:39.629211 application/epub+zip 82464 2025-08-09T06:31:38.622159 application/epub+zip 200343 2025-08-09T06:31:43.063123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194062 2025-08-09T06:31:41.032164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154697 2022-09-10T08:05:26.995872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31941 2025-08-09T06:31:36.860166 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31765 2007-05-22T10:45:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181207 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 133519 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 144161 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 139781 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 138082 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 118750 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 115806 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 135404 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 125679 2007-05-15T19:39:38 application/octet-stream 25379 2025-08-09T06:31:43.192148 application/rdf+xml 14662 2025-08-09T06:31:39.111142 image/jpeg 3496 2025-08-09T06:31:38.866152 image/jpeg 13064 2007-05-22T10:45:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 12217 2007-05-22T10:45:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 86141 2025-08-09T06:31:37.082149 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog