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 Posted: Tue Aug 22nd, 2006 12:25 am
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Doofus



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 Ray Bradbury had a GREAT little story called "A Sound Of Thunder!"  It's about some distant-future presidential candidate who, upon learning that he'd just won the election, arranged for a safari - back in time to hunt a Tyranasaurus Rex! 

Of course, predictably, things begin to "run amok" the moment they open the door of their machine and enter a Juraissac jungle! ... The beauty in the story isn't so much what it involves - although that's quite interesting all by itself - rather, it's all the little "quirks" that Bradbury seems to conjur up along the way. 

You find yourself sayin' stuff like, "Yeah - that makes sense!" Like the little "bump" that jostled their time machine as they were traveling back millions of years - the guide said something like, "Don't worry that's just us coming back!" 

TRIPPY!

I won't spoil the story by telling what happens, but there's quite a "lesson to be learned" from the outfitters, "Tyme Safari's, Inc.!"  But I digress!

BTW, I JUST "Google'd" Bradbury + "Tyme" and I FOUND THE STORY at http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/WWI/thunder.htm  Be sure to click on over to see it ...

Trust me, it's "worth the read!" ...

I'll keep checking this thread 'cause I, for one, am DEFINITELY into tyme travel! ...



Last edited on Tue Aug 22nd, 2006 12:37 am by Doofus