Project Gutenberg 2023-12-14 Public domain in the USA. 127 Farmer, Philip José 1918 2009 Farmer, Philip Jose Adkins, Dan 1937 2013 Adkins, Dan L. How deep the grooves $aUnited States :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "How Deep the Grooves" by Philip José Farmer is a science fiction short story that was likely written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around the ethical dilemmas of technology and bioengineering, particularly regarding a scientist's ambition to control human thoughts and behaviors through experimental procedures on unborn children. The story critiques the extremes to which a society might go in the pursuit of conformity and loyalty to the State, invoking questions about free will and identity. The plot follows Doctor James Carroad, who, in his pursuit of scientific advancement to serve the State, decides to use his unborn child as a subject for a mind-altering experiment. As he showcases his invention, Cervus III, to the Secretary of Science, his wife, Jane Carroad, begins to experience troubling insights about the implications of their actions and the nature of human consciousness. The story escalates as Jane's emotional turmoil unveils profound revelations about predestination and the mechanized nature of existence, culminating in a disturbing realization about her son's future. Ultimately, the narrative explores the intersection of science, morality, and what it means to be human in an increasingly technological world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231124053350farmer 1962 US Reading ease score: 76.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Fetus -- Fiction Experiments -- Fiction Pregnant women -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 53128 2025-06-28T13:26:16.655943 text/html 28507 2023-12-14T07:48:53 text/html 395131 2025-06-28T13:26:19.630823 application/epub+zip 393893 2025-06-28T13:26:17.909802 application/epub+zip 196540 2025-06-28T13:26:17.124816 application/epub+zip 916711 2025-06-28T13:26:20.889830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909820 2025-06-28T13:26:19.134767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 45560 2025-06-28T13:26:16.519866 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25746 2023-12-14T07:48:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17638 2025-06-28T13:26:21.016842 application/rdf+xml 26683 2025-06-28T13:26:17.465799 image/jpeg 4404 2025-06-28T13:26:17.292812 image/jpeg 1587998 2025-06-28T13:26:16.680803 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 en.wikipedia