Project Gutenberg 2009-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 195 Sheckley, Robert 1928 2005 Barbee, Phillips Lang, Ned O'Donnevan, Finn Barbee, Phillip Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Warm Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Warm" by Robert Sheckley is a science fiction short story written during the early 1950s. The narrative follows a man named Anders who grapples with unexpected telepathic communication from an enigmatic voice inside his head while preparing for a date with the woman he loves, Judy. The story explores themes of perception, reality, and the nature of human connection through Anders' reflections on love and existential inquiry. As Anders navigates his evening with Judy, the voice leads him on a journey of introspection, challenging him to reconsider his understanding of reality and the dynamics of human relationships. Throughout their interactions, Anders experiences an unsettling shift in perspective that reduces Judy and others around him to mere patterns or "gestalts," stripping away their individuality and complicating his emotions. Ultimately, the voice's guidance pushes Anders toward a troubling realization about existence and perception, culminating in a profound confrontation with nothingness that forces him to confront his beliefs about life, love, and self-identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 45539 2025-08-12T08:06:53.144869 text/html 41560 2021-01-05T08:49:03 text/html 254871 2025-08-12T08:06:58.108842 application/epub+zip 253234 2025-08-12T08:06:55.862856 application/epub+zip 69770 2025-08-12T08:06:54.751868 application/epub+zip 350114 2025-08-12T08:06:59.725879 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342350 2025-08-12T08:06:57.391856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118394 2022-09-13T15:44:13.945679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38290 2025-08-12T08:06:52.880866 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38155 2021-01-05T08:49:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19448 2025-08-12T08:06:59.859824 application/rdf+xml 9950 2025-08-12T08:06:55.231912 image/jpeg 2683 2025-08-12T08:06:54.991863 image/jpeg 185398 2021-01-05T08:49:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 14605 2021-01-05T08:49:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 254927 2025-08-12T08:06:53.156902 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 en.wikipedia