Project Gutenberg 2015-08-21 Public domain in the USA. 156 Ellanby, Boyd Ellanbee, Boyd Ellamby, Boyd Smith, Malcolm 1910 1966 What Do You Read? Produced from Other Worlds March 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "What Do You Read?" by Boyd Ellanby is a science fiction narrative likely written in the early 1950s. The story explores a future where machines called Script-Lab are able to write stories and literature, raising questions about the role of human authors in a society favoring machine-generated content. The likely topic of the book revolves around the conflict between human creativity and mechanical efficiencies in the literary world. The plot centers on Herbert Carre, a writer who wrestles with the impending obsolescence of his profession due to advancements in automated writing technology. As he navigates a society increasingly enamored with machine-made literature, he discovers unsettling changes in both the quality and moral implications of the stories produced by Script-Lab. Through his investigation, Carre finds that the machine-generated narratives undermine human emotions and compassion, replacing them with cold logic. This culminates in a confrontation with his superior, Commissioner Ludwig, revealing the detrimental impact of this technology on societal values. Ultimately, the narrative challenges readers to reflect on the importance of human insight and emotion in storytelling, suggesting that the essence of literature cannot be fully replicated by machines. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Authorship -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 53875 2025-06-20T05:07:02.798412 text/html 30135 2024-10-24T17:54:37 text/html 170863 2025-06-20T05:07:04.678411 application/epub+zip 169672 2025-06-20T05:07:03.183395 application/epub+zip 87424 2025-06-20T05:07:02.970422 application/epub+zip 207499 2025-06-20T05:07:06.012471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200463 2025-06-20T05:07:04.466428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118361 2022-09-22T13:57:47.927618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46874 2023-09-21T12:17:09.416442 text/plain 27139 2024-10-24T17:54:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17061 2025-06-20T05:07:06.149394 application/rdf+xml 23026 2025-06-20T05:07:03.044427 image/jpeg 3833 2025-06-20T05:07:03.007393 image/jpeg 155548 2025-06-20T05:07:02.810455 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 More titles under Boyd, Lyle Gifford