{"_id":"67011e8826eac5903aa00827","title":"Beyond Lies The Wub","author":"Phillip K. Dick","code":"beyond-lies-the-wub","words":2623,"publish_year":1952,"publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Planet_Stories_v05n07_1952-07/page/n69/mode/2up","publish_source":"Planet Stories","image":"ribs.jpg","image_alt":"Cooked ribs, layed out on a board. Graphite Filter.","genres":["sci-fi","quirky","mystery"],"blurb":"“But how can any lasting contact be established between your people and mine if you resort to such barbaric attitudes? Eat me? Rather you should discuss questions with me, philosophy, the arts—”","description":"A space team purchase a large pig-like alien to eat on their long journey. But the beast turns out to me more than pig-like.","rating":4,"publish_edition":"Vol. 5, No. 7","unique_cover":"In a spaceship, three people stare at a slimy, pig-like being drinking water from a bowl on the floor.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}