Beyond Lies the Wub

Beyond Lies the Wub

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Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick

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1952

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Beyond Lies the Wub

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The slovenly wub might well have said: Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.

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An interesting short story, well worth the couple of minutes it will take you to read this.
A playful little Phil Dick story, lighter than most of his. The space ship is short on food and finds an animal that looks like a good source of meat. The problem is, it turns out to be highly intelligent. Still, the captain is sick of ship's rations. . . .

The story raises the interesting question, "when you kill a creature, are you killing its body, or its mind?"
The spacers have had food spoilage so they go hunting on a planet landfall and capture a "wub"; a sloppy appearing piglike animal that should be good for a pork loin dinner or 2. Here's the wub (sorry). It's intelligent and likes to talk philosophy. Not what the hungry crewmembers really want. So who gets the upper hand? Can the wub talk it's way out of the pot? What other talents might it have? You'll see...