Project Gutenberg 2021-09-13 Public domain in the USA. 134 Matheson, Richard 1926 2013 Matheson, Richard Burton The Man Who Made the World Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy February 1954 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Who Made the World" by Richard Matheson is a science fiction story originally published in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around a peculiar encounter between Dr. Janishefsky and a man named Smith, who claims to have created the world itself only five years ago. As the story unfolds, it explores themes of creation, reality, and existence, challenging the reader to consider the notion of origin and the responsibilities tied to creation. The story begins with Dr. Janishefsky, a psychiatrist, interviewing Mr. Smith, who insists that he crafted the world and everything in it from a state of boredom in the cosmos. Smith explains that while he initiated the world's complex existence, he has since lost control over it and fears that it will vanish if he dies. The dialogue between the doctor and Smith reveals the absurdity of Smith's claims, yet as the conversation progresses, it becomes clear that the line between creator and creation blurs dramatically. After Smith leaves, he is tragically struck by a car, leading to a mysterious vanishing of the world itself, leaving Dr. Janishefsky floating in the cosmos, perhaps as a mere figment of Smith's imagination. The narrative culminates in a thought-provoking twist on the nature of existence and the interplay between creator and created. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Creation -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 34178 2025-06-26T08:11:56.977683 text/html 10505 2024-10-18T16:06:33 text/html 202178 2025-06-26T08:11:58.665672 application/epub+zip 201011 2025-06-26T08:11:57.432669 application/epub+zip 76452 2025-06-26T08:11:57.162664 application/epub+zip 234259 2025-06-26T08:11:59.700678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226937 2025-06-26T08:11:58.457698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102446 2022-09-29T19:45:15.843779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 27720 2025-06-26T08:11:56.882673 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 7897 2024-10-18T16:06:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16971 2025-06-26T08:11:59.815650 application/rdf+xml 22567 2025-06-26T08:11:57.293698 image/jpeg 4262 2025-06-26T08:11:57.226717 image/jpeg 805209 2025-06-26T08:11:56.989693 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