Project Gutenberg 2007-10-05 Public domain in the USA. 203 Weinbaum, Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) 1902 1935 Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman The Ideal Produced from A Martian Odyssey and Others published in 1949. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ideal" by Stanley G. Weinbaum is a science fiction novella written in the early 20th century. The book explores themes of desire, individuality, and the nature of perfection through the experiences of Dixon Wells, who interacts with a peculiar robotic automaton and a visionary device created by his eccentric professor, Haskel van Manderpootz. The narrative delves into the philosophical implications of ideals and their impact on human emotions and relationships. In this story, Dixon Wells becomes enamored with an idealized vision of beauty conjured by a device called the idealizator, which translates thoughts into visual representations. Initially captivated by this perfect image, Dixon learns that the face belongs to a long-deceased actress, de Lisle d'Agrion. As he becomes more infatuated with the ideal, he neglects his reality and the genuine human connection he could have with Denise, the potential love interest who admires similar traits to those of his imagined vision. A misguided attempt to let Denise visualize her own ideal leads to horror, resulting in her severe distress. Ultimately, Dixon grapples with the damaging effects of unattainable ideals, leaving him in a state of regret and contemplation about love and desire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 73222 2025-06-09T14:19:59.478388 text/html 70104 2007-10-05T15:16:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 27214 2007-10-05T15:16:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 93369 2025-06-09T14:20:03.708339 application/epub+zip 92172 2025-06-09T14:20:01.207353 application/epub+zip 92171 2025-06-09T14:20:00.067360 application/epub+zip 166262 2025-06-09T14:20:05.575343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159690 2025-06-09T14:20:03.065337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130409 2022-09-10T15:48:40.110855 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66866 2025-06-09T14:19:59.183375 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66803 2007-10-05T15:16:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 26295 2007-10-05T15:16:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 66795 2007-10-05T15:16:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26279 2007-10-05T15:16:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21127 2025-06-09T14:20:05.723329 application/rdf+xml 10675 2025-06-09T14:20:00.626387 image/jpeg 3028 2025-06-09T14:20:00.346334 image/jpeg 90734 2025-06-09T14:19:59.489345 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 en.wikipedia