Project Gutenberg 2010-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 209 Knight, Damon 1922 2002 Knight, Damon Francis Fleming, Stuart Conanight Ashman, William Ashman Ashman, Bill Special Delivery Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Delivery_(short_story) Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Special Delivery" by Damon Knight is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers around Len and Moira Connington, who are dealing with the complexities of impending parenthood in a humorous yet eerie context. The book explores themes of pregnancy, communication, and the unexpected consequences of having a child who exhibits extraordinary abilities before being born. In the storyline, Len is concerned about his wife's odd behavior during her pregnancy, which seems influenced by their unborn child, Leo. As Moira begins to feel Leo's presence and hear his thoughts, it becomes clear that he is no ordinary fetus; he possesses intelligence and personality traits that pose challenges for the couple. Moira's increasing connections with Leo lead to bizarre and comical situations, including his demands and peculiar interests. Ultimately, the story culminates in the tense moments of Moira's labor, with Leo's urgency to control his environment revealing deeper implications of their unique situation. The narrative combines elements of suspense and absurdity as it explores what it means to be a parent to a truly remarkable offspring. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32011/32011-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 71893 2025-06-13T07:43:40.900942 text/html 68291 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 295411 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 279170 2025-06-13T07:43:43.518972 application/epub+zip 279144 2025-06-13T07:43:41.435964 application/epub+zip 72246 2025-06-13T07:43:41.159933 application/epub+zip 320323 2025-06-13T07:43:45.174907 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312221 2025-06-13T07:43:43.232916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 107232 2022-09-14T15:58:20.315819 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61152 2025-06-13T07:43:40.652966 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61001 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24676 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 60992 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24657 2010-04-16T10:15:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21411 2025-06-13T07:43:45.340900 application/rdf+xml 27686 2025-06-13T07:43:41.237949 image/jpeg 4739 2025-06-13T07:43:41.198942 image/jpeg 304404 2025-06-13T07:43:40.949995 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