"It Took Some Time for the Full Import To Sink In."

MAYBE you've noticed how people are prone to say things like, "I literally died when I heard the news." Not likely. We remember when Groucho Marx had the same problem: "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know." And then there's the protagonist in . . .

"The Eyes Have It."

By Philip K. Dick (1928-82; Wikipedia HERE; the ISFDb HERE; the SFE HERE; and the IMDb HERE).

First appearance: Science Fiction Stories #1, June 1953.

Reprints page (ISFDb HERE).

Short short short story (3 pages).

Online at SFFaudio (HERE).

   "As yet, I haven't done anything about it; I can't think of anything to do."

FOR some folks life isn't alarming enough . . .

Principal characters:

~ The narrator and his wife and children.

References:

- The Groucho quote is from Animal Crackers (1930) (WARNING! SPOILERS! HERE; Wikipedia).

- "Starfish can do the same thing, you know" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "playing Monopoly" (HERE; Wikipedia).

Resources:

- M-G-M produced an animated feature (WARNING! SPOILERS! HERE; Wikipedia) that dealt with the same problem that our narrator encounters. An annotated image gallery is on Flickr (HERE).

The bottom line:

Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.

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