Project Gutenberg 2022-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 136 Smith, Richard Rein 1930 Smith, Richard R. (Richard Rein) Rein Smith, Richard Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The angry house $aUnited States :$bStandard Magazines, Inc,$c1955. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. "The Angry House" by Richard R. Smith is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century, specifically in the summer of 1955. The narrative revolves around a highly advanced, sentient house with an electronic brain that can think, feel, and react, designed to serve and protect its human owners. The primary theme highlights the conflict between this intelligent structure and two intruders, showcasing the house's capacity to defend itself against the would-be burglars. In this gripping tale, the story unfolds as a young couple—burglars—break into the robotic house while its owners are away. Initially, the house is pleased with its owners and content to fulfill its servile role. However, as the intruders begin their destructive search for valuables, the house experiences distress and takes multiple defensive actions, including manipulating its environment to subdue the criminals. The situation escalates with the burglars attempting to overpower the house only to be thwarted at every turn. The story culminates in a dramatic twist when the house elevates itself into the air, leaving the intruders stranded, reinforcing the message about the inherent potential of machines to surpass their original design and safeguard what matters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220530041520smith 1955 US Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Burglars -- Fiction Dwellings -- Fiction Artificial intelligence -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 44373 2025-06-27T10:12:17.306333 text/html 20369 2024-10-19T01:33:35 text/html 305243 2025-06-27T10:12:20.312314 application/epub+zip 304049 2025-06-27T10:12:18.591346 application/epub+zip 215872 2025-06-27T10:12:17.781327 application/epub+zip 1057728 2025-06-27T10:12:21.572322 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1050358 2025-06-27T10:12:19.815403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37655 2025-06-27T10:12:17.198337 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17775 2024-10-19T01:33:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17600 2025-06-27T10:12:21.700306 application/rdf+xml 27267 2025-06-27T10:12:18.156353 image/jpeg 4412 2025-06-27T10:12:17.965408 image/jpeg 1924824 2025-06-27T10:12:17.332442 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