Project Gutenberg 2009-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 192 Schmitz, James H. 1911 1981 Schmitz, James Henry Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon Ham Sandwich Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1963. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ham Sandwich" by James H. Schmitz is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around a group of students at the Institute of Insight, who explore the realms of reality and mental projection under the guidance of their charismatic instructor, Dr. Aloys Ormond. The story presents themes of belief, perception, and the intersection of subjective and objective reality, all set against the backdrop of a somewhat satirical tone. In the tale, protagonist Wallace Cavender, who arrives late to a meeting, soon finds himself entangled in an intriguing experiment where the students collectively visualize a ham sandwich. As they attempt this unusual exercise, the focus shifts to surprising developments, including the rumored materialization of the sandwich itself. The climax reveals that the Institute is actually a front for a fraudulent scheme orchestrated by Dr. Ormond, whose true identity is exposed by Cavender, a police detective. The story skillfully blends the whimsical exploration of the mind with a cautionary tale about susceptibility to charlatanry, ultimately questioning the nature of reality and the power of belief. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Parapsychology -- Fiction Psychic ability -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery 79491 2025-06-12T15:07:02.868230 text/html 76051 2009-12-26T09:36:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 141082 2009-12-26T09:36:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 221391 2025-06-12T15:07:08.938197 application/epub+zip 220193 2025-06-12T15:07:05.936220 application/epub+zip 84897 2025-06-12T15:07:04.696214 application/epub+zip 325198 2025-06-12T15:07:10.967245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317922 2025-06-12T15:07:08.100200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165123 2022-09-14T08:12:24.773796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72764 2025-06-12T15:07:02.538256 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72676 2009-12-26T09:36:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27854 2009-12-26T09:36:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20033 2025-06-12T15:07:11.127195 application/rdf+xml 14165 2025-06-12T15:07:05.268219 image/jpeg 3687 2025-06-12T15:07:04.979218 image/jpeg 217107 2025-06-12T15:07:02.888259 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