Project Gutenberg 2009-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 404 Dick, Philip K. 1928 1982 Dick, Philip Kindred Beyond the Door Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Door_(short_story) Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Beyond the Door" by Philip K. Dick is a fantasy short story written in the early to mid-20th century. The narrative explores the themes of love, jealousy, and the unexpected connection between inanimate objects and human emotions, centering around a cuckoo clock that seems to have a life of its own. The story follows Larry Thomas, who buys a cuckoo clock for his wife, Doris, as a gesture of love, but soon realizes that this seemingly mundane object plays a pivotal role in their relationship. Doris becomes enamored with the clock and develops a unique bond with the cuckoo inside it, seeing it as a companion that understands her, while Larry grows increasingly resentful and distant. As tensions rise, particularly when Doris begins to feel connected to another man, Bob, the cuckoo clock reflects the emotional turmoil within their household. Eventually, Larry's confrontation with the cuckoo results in a tragic accident, leaving readers questioning the nature of reality and the depths of human emotions tied to objects that we hold dear. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 95.8 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Fantasy literature Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 40384 2025-06-12T03:43:30.558868 text/html 36400 2021-01-05T00:42:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87764 2021-01-05T00:42:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150843 2025-06-12T03:43:34.594865 application/epub+zip 149206 2025-06-12T03:43:32.298877 application/epub+zip 75362 2025-06-12T03:43:31.157878 application/epub+zip 221471 2025-06-12T03:43:36.407860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213719 2025-06-12T03:43:33.902850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117738 2022-09-13T10:23:33.445175 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34008 2025-06-12T03:43:30.271890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33882 2021-01-05T00:42:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13037 2021-01-05T00:42:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19061 2025-06-12T03:43:36.558849 application/rdf+xml 11248 2025-06-12T03:43:31.723857 image/jpeg 3159 2025-06-12T03:43:31.435879 image/jpeg 145631 2025-06-12T03:43:30.568886 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