Project Gutenberg 2016-04-12 Public domain in the USA. 91 Rubin, Leonard Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally Don't Look Now Produced from Galaxy Magazine April 1960 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Don't Look Now" by Leonard Rubin is a science fiction narrative presented as a short story that was originally published in "Galaxy Magazine" in the early 1960s. Set in a futuristic world, the story explores themes of technology, control, and the implications of advertising as it intertwines with personal lives. The plot centers around characters dealing with the ramifications of advanced inventions, particularly a device known as the radiocompressor, which can manipulate perceptions and reality, raising questions about ethics and the nature of consent in a society shaped by powerful corporate interests. The storyline revolves around a medical setting where characters like Miss Knox, a nurse, and Dr. Brooks, a radiologist, confront a critical emergency involving a patient, Mr. William Barger, who is severely incapacitated due to an illness linked to his own invention, the radiocompressor. As they rush against time to treat him, the narrative unfolds to reveal a web of corporate espionage and manipulation involving advertising tycoons who seek to exploit Barger’s technology for their own gain. The climax builds around the dangers posed by this technology not just to individuals, but also to society at large, as it becomes clear that control over such powerful inventions can lead to dire consequences, ultimately culminating in a desperate plan to save not only their patient but also the integrity of their world from the looming threat of corruption and greed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Inventions -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 83606 2025-06-20T16:31:31.252568 text/html 60740 2024-10-23T00:20:09 text/html 361880 2025-06-20T16:31:33.767580 application/epub+zip 360717 2025-06-20T16:31:31.869587 application/epub+zip 92294 2025-06-20T16:31:31.531587 application/epub+zip 406528 2025-06-20T16:31:35.402570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 398919 2025-06-20T16:31:33.512612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130973 2022-09-23T14:48:50.372606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75386 2023-09-22T10:42:32.491760 text/plain 55664 2024-10-23T00:20:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16380 2025-06-20T16:31:35.560543 application/rdf+xml 24509 2025-06-20T16:31:31.691534 image/jpeg 4282 2025-06-20T16:31:31.577611 image/jpeg 329055 2025-06-20T16:31:31.273644 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