Project Gutenberg 2009-04-11 Public domain in the USA. 1405 Dick, Philip K. 1928 1982 Dick, Philip Kindred Vestal, Herman B. 1916 2007 Vestal, H. B. (Herman B.) Vestal, Herman Beeson Beeson Beyond Lies the Wub Produced from Planet Stories July 1952. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Lies_the_Wub Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Beyond Lies the Wub" by Philip K. Dick is a short science fiction story likely written in the early to mid-20th century. This narrative explores themes of morality and the interactions between different forms of life, focusing on a sentient creature known as a wub. The story suggests a critique of humanity’s often barbaric approach to other beings and highlights the nuanced understanding of life and existence. In the tale, Captain Franco and his crew discover a wub, a large pig-like creature that remarkably possesses the ability to communicate through telepathy. As the crew contemplates eating the wub due to a food shortage during their journey in space, the wub engages them in deep philosophical discussions, seeking to protect its life and challenge their notions of morality. Ultimately, despite its pleas and the meaningful exchanges it shares with the crew, Franco executes the wub, leading to an unsettling meal that leaves the crew in a state of discomfort and introspection, questioning the ethics of their actions. The story serves as a poignant reminder of the consequences of exploitation and the importance of understanding the lives of other beings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 89.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 42415 2025-08-11T15:21:05.220020 text/html 38524 2021-01-04T23:43:00 text/html 135076 2025-08-11T15:21:08.976969 application/epub+zip 133865 2025-08-11T15:21:06.863005 application/epub+zip 81502 2025-08-11T15:21:05.738974 application/epub+zip 302810 2025-08-11T15:21:10.491958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295926 2025-08-11T15:21:08.307006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129892 2022-09-13T09:51:09.212075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35973 2025-08-11T15:21:04.967011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 35778 2021-01-04T23:43:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19486 2025-08-11T15:21:10.619980 application/rdf+xml 12470 2025-08-11T15:21:06.269993 image/jpeg 3273 2025-08-11T15:21:05.984969 image/jpeg 68202 2021-01-04T23:43:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 13655 2021-01-04T23:43:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 132988 2025-08-11T15:21:05.227997 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