
When a modest Midwestern town’s censorship board debates the fate of a provocative statue, its chairman, Richard Montcalm, believes he’s safeguarding decency for the community’s children. The heated exchange with outspoken liberal Patrick Levitt lays bare the clash between prudish regulations and artistic freedom, all set against the backdrop of a sleepy suburban life that feels both familiar and oddly tense.
That very night, Montcalm awakens to an otherworldly visitor—a strikingly beautiful, nude woman who claims to hail from a distant planet. Her enigmatic presence throws his orderly world into disarray, prompting a frantic scramble to protect his family, his reputation, and the very morals he’s been defending. As the mystery deepens, listeners are drawn into a witty yet unsettling exploration of authority, curiosity, and the unexpected consequences of trying to control what we cannot fully understand.
Language
en
Duration
~11 minutes (10K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2008-04-02
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1917–2007
A veteran newspaperman who also became a prolific science fiction writer, he brought a reporter’s eye for detail to stories about alien worlds, future societies, and human nature. His work ranges from brisk adventure to thoughtful speculation, with a long career that stretched well beyond the magazine era of 1950s SF.
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