Project Gutenberg 2007-12-15 Public domain in the USA. 139 Beck, C. C. (Charles Clarence) 1910 1989 Beck, Charles Clarence Martinez Vanishing Point Produced from Astounding Science Fiction July 1959. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Vanishing Point" by C. C. Beck is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative explores themes of perception, reality, and the nature of art through the lens of an artist's perspective machine. The story delves into philosophical questions about the essence of reality and challenges the boundaries between illusion and existence. The plot follows an artist and his friend Carter, who is obsessed with understanding perspective and the true nature of reality. Carter constructs a perspective machine that he believes will reveal the authentic essence of the world. Upon its completion, he asserts that reality is merely a fabric of illusions, a concept that terrifies him and leads him to flee in panic. The protagonist, observing the peculiar effects of the machine, decides to keep it, contemplating its potential as an attraction at a county fair while reflecting on the nature of reality and perception. This engaging narrative ultimately challenges readers to consider whether what they perceive as reality is simply an illusion crafted by their senses and societal conditioning. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 37037 2025-07-10T05:16:20.193015 text/html 32907 2007-12-15T13:11:14 text/html 123072 2025-07-10T05:16:24.805997 application/epub+zip 121848 2025-07-10T05:16:22.804010 application/epub+zip 73468 2025-07-10T05:16:21.732007 application/epub+zip 260946 2025-07-10T05:16:26.245030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 254106 2025-07-10T05:16:24.141996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153652 2022-09-11T07:30:38.529606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30976 2025-07-10T05:16:19.856008 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30867 2007-12-15T13:11:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 559292 2007-07-08T15:24:04 application/octet-stream 39368 2007-07-08T15:24:04 application/octet-stream 75520 2007-07-08T15:24:04 application/octet-stream 72672 2007-07-08T15:24:04 application/octet-stream 69716 2007-07-08T15:24:04 application/octet-stream 32589 2007-07-08T15:24:04 application/octet-stream 19842 2025-07-10T05:16:26.472073 application/rdf+xml 13761 2025-07-10T05:16:22.209012 image/jpeg 3523 2025-07-10T05:16:21.969016 image/jpeg 51130 2007-12-15T13:11:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 11736 2007-12-15T13:11:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 127565 2025-07-10T05:16:20.202014 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