Man's Best Friend

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Man's Best Friend

by Evelyn E. Smith

EN·~23 minutes·1 chapter

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A modest tech‑savvy man named Gervase finds his ordinary routine shattered when a corporate envoy arrives with a startling offer: he is to become the next “Ruler” of a planet governed by a massive predictive machine. The visitor, a slick vice‑president from a weapons and container conglomerate, presses a stylus and a gleaming gun into Gervase’s hand, promising billions of credits if he takes out the current ruler.

Gervese’s skepticism clashes with the omnipresent authority of the Prognosticator, a device that supposedly reads the future for everyone. As he grapples with the absurdity of a society that treats a piece of machinery as oracle, the story balances dry humor, biting commentary on corporate power, and the uneasy feeling of being thrust into a role he never asked for. Listeners are drawn into a near‑future world where politics, technology, and personal integrity collide in unexpected ways.

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Language

en

Duration

~23 minutes (22K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2016-01-27

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Evelyn E. Smith

Evelyn E. Smith

1922–2000

Known for witty, offbeat science fiction and later mystery novels, this American writer brought a sharp sense of humor to magazine stories and longer fiction alike. She also worked as a crossword puzzle compiler, adding another layer to her love of wordplay.

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