Project Gutenberg 2010-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 116 Livingston, Berkeley 1909 1975 Death of a B.E.M. Produced from Amazing Stories October 1948. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Death of a B.E.M." by Berkeley Livingston is a satirical science fiction story written in the late 1940s. The narrative explores the humorous interactions between human creators—an artist and a writer—and the fictional bug-eyed monsters (B.E.M.s) they are forced to depict in their works. The topic revolves around the imagination of the writers and how it shapes the portrayal of creatures in science fiction while also highlighting the absurdity of the glorified monster trope. The story essentially unfolds in two realms: the mundane world of the writer and artist struggling to create engaging content and the chaotic planet XYZ268PDQ, home to the B.E.M.s. The chief B.E.M., Hiah-Leugh, and his companions discuss their frustrations with being relegated to the role of stereotypical monsters in fiction. In an ironic twist, these monsters decide to capture human artists to finally portray them authentically, leading to a comical series of events where the humans experience a mock torture party. Ultimately, the narrative satirizes the clichés of the genre while cleverly questioning the reader's perception of monsters, revealing that they are merely the product of human imagination. As the story concludes, the writer's epiphany inspires him to create more nuanced and multi-dimensional characters in his future works. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32726/32726-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Authors -- Fiction Monsters -- Fiction Artists -- Fiction Imagination -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 50023 2025-07-13T09:47:43.211442 text/html 45936 2021-01-06T17:37:51 text/html 356779 2025-07-13T09:47:46.452420 application/epub+zip 355582 2025-07-13T09:47:44.288465 application/epub+zip 77819 2025-07-13T09:47:43.390439 application/epub+zip 1697128 2025-07-13T09:47:47.715452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1689423 2025-07-13T09:47:45.485424 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106772 2022-09-15T06:01:48.190588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42463 2025-07-13T09:47:43.099437 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 42266 2021-01-06T17:37:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20653 2025-07-13T09:47:47.836402 application/rdf+xml 35931 2025-07-13T09:47:43.462447 image/jpeg 5447 2025-07-13T09:47:43.426427 image/jpeg 617331 2021-01-06T17:37:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 16379 2021-01-06T17:37:51 application/octet-stream application/zip 633669 2025-07-13T09:47:43.225449 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