"The Point of View" by Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum, is a science fiction story set in the early 1900's that looks at how people see the world differently. A smart professor named Haskel van Manderpootz creates something amazing called the attitudinizor, and it lets you see the world through someone else's eyes. Dixon Wells, the main character, tries out this invention and gets to look through the eyes of both the professor and his helper, Carter. What Dixon sees surprises him, especially when he realizes that Carter thinks their plain secretary, Miss Fitch, is beautiful. This makes Dixon think about how everyone sees beauty and love differently, and he begins to wonder if it's possible to fall in love with just an idea. The story uses humor to talk about big ideas, like how our experiences shape what we think is real and challenges us to think about how everyone's view of the world is unique.
The Point of View
By Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum
A mind-bending invention unlocks the secret to seeing the world through another's eyes, revealing that what you perceive as real may be nothing more than a beautiful illusion.
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About the AuthorStanley Grauman Weinbaum was an American science fiction writer. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great acclaim in July 1934; the alien Tweel was arguably the first character to satisfy John W. Campbell's challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man." Weinbaum wrote more short stories and a few novels, but died from lung cancer less than a year and a half later.
Stanley Grauman Weinbaum was an American science fiction writer. His first story, "A Martian Odyssey", was published to great acclaim in July 1934; the alien Tweel was arguably the first character to satisfy John W. Campbell's challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man." Weinbaum wrote more short stories and a few novels, but died from lung cancer less than a year and a half later.
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