Download or read book The Goblin and the Time Machine written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary of this story. Once upon a time there was a Goblin named Grump, Grump was a knotty young Goblin he loves to lived in the woods. He got into a time machine one day, which let him travel through time and learn about many different times and cultures. Grump spent the next few weeks and months going to ancient Egypt, King Arthur's court, fighting dragons, and even the far future to find out what the world had in store for it. Grump's many experiences taught him a lot about the world and the people who live in it. He found that, no matter how different people seem at first glance, they all have the same basic humanity and the desire to explore and find new things. Grump got homesick as he kept looking around. He wanted to go back to the bush, where he belonged. Grump still liked to explore and find new things when he got home, but he did so with a deeper respect for the familiar sights and sounds of his home surroundings. He also started making people laugh and smile with his wit and creativity. Grump found a group of lost tourists one day in the woods. He offered to walk with them through the forest and help them find their way home using his great sense of direction and knowledge of the area. When the travelers got where they were going, they were so thankful for Grump's help and kindness that they had tears in their eyes. After that day, Grump was known as a friend to everyone who crossed his way. Grump slowed down as he got older, but others were still inspired by his stories and experiences. When it was time for Grump to leave this world and go on his final journey, he smiled because he knew he had lived a full and exciting life. Grump's impact lives on through the stories and memories he left behind, which have inspired generations of animals and people to explore the world, help others, and do good things. This is how the story starts: Grump, a curious and naughty gnome, used to live in a faraway place. Grump was always up to something bad. He would sneak around and make trouble wherever he went. He loved to mess with the locals and cause trouble wherever he could. Grump the Goblin was famous for causing trouble wherever he went. He loved to cause trouble. He was known all over the country as a bad boy who was always getting into trouble. Grump was always looking for new ways to make trouble, like going into people's homes and rearranging their furniture or putting frogs in their beds. Even though he was known as a troublemaker, many people loved Grump. His cheeky attitude was a constant reminder that life was meant to be lived and enjoyed, and his funny tricks and contagious laugh made everyone around him happy. On the other hand, Grump's cheerful attitude was not liked by everyone. Some people got tired of his pranks and started to try to get him kicked out of town. But Grump didn't care about how mean they were. Even though people got tired of him, he kept pulling pranks and making trouble. Things in Grump's life didn't start to change until he found the time machine. With this computer, he was able to travel to other worlds and meet new people. This helped him learn more about the world around him and how his actions affected other people. As Grump went from place to place, he began to see how wrong he had been. He knew that his tricks and trouble had hurt a lot of people, and he felt very bad about it. At that point, Grump decided to change his life. Instead of making trouble and causing damage, he started to use his sense of fun and creativity to make everyone around him happy and laugh. Grump slowly showed the people around him a different side. They didn't think of him as a pest who needed to be kicked out of town. Instead, they saw him as a friend and partner. Grump's wicked nature was turned into a force for good in the end. Grump the Goblin was a curious creature who liked to go on adventures and learn new things. He was always looking for new things to do, and he never feared going wherever his interest led him. Grump was wandering through the forest one day when he found a strange tool hidden in the woods. He had never seen anything like it, with strange knobs and buttons and a screen that flashed. Grump was eager to figure out how the machine worked, so he started messing with it right away. As he turned the knobs and pushed the buttons, the machine started to hum and spin, and a bright light surrounded him. When the light went out, Grump found himself in a strange new world that was different from anything he had ever seen before. There were tall buildings and strange machines in the air. Grump was excited and interested as he got ready to go discover this new place. Grump has never seen a device like this one. It had strange buttons and dials all over it, and a bright screen lit up its surface. Grump was eager to figure out how the machine worked, so he started messing with it right away. Unexpectedly, the machine started to hum and spin, and a bright light filled the room. When the light went out, Grump found himself in a strange new world that was different from anything he had ever seen before. He looked around in amazement as he took in the sights and sounds of this new place. There were tall buildings and strange things flying around in the air. Grump was amazed and excited because he had never seen anything like that before. Grump soon found out that while he was exploring this new world, he had found a way to go back in time. He could use this device to go back in time and learn about many different times and cultures. In the weeks and months that followed, Grump spent his days traveling to the past and the future. He learned about other cultures and nations and met lots of interesting creatures along the way. He went to ancient Egypt to see how the pyramids were built. He also went to King Arthur's court to fight dragons and to the far future to see what the world would be like then. Grump's many experiences taught him a lot about the world and the people who live in it. He found that, no matter how different we look on the outside, we all have the same basic needs and want to explore and find new things. But as time went on, Grump started to miss his old house. He missed the familiar sights and sounds of the forest, where he belonged. Grump got back in the time machine and set the knobs so that he could go back to his own time and place. As he hurtled through time and space, he felt himself getting more and more excited and energized. When Grump finally got back to his own time and place, he felt a wave of happiness and relief wash over him. He had been all over the world and seen things that were beyond his wildest dreams, but in the end, there was no place like home. Grump's story tells us that the world is full of wonder and adventure, and that there is always something new to find if we keep an open mind and a sense of adventure. In this world, there is always something new to learn and try, like going to a new place or doing something new.
Download or read book The Goblin Reservation written by Clifford D. Simak and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak, an interstellar adventure of aliens, fairies, and time travel. Until the day he was murdered, Professor Peter Maxwell was a respected faculty member of the College of Supernatural Phenomena. Imagine his chagrin when he turns up at a Wisconsin matter transmission station several weeks later and discovers he’s not only dead but unemployed. During an interstellar mission to investigate rumors of dragon activity, this alternate Maxwell was intercepted by a strange alien race that wanted him to carry knowledge of a remarkable technology back to Earth, and it seems someone does not want the information shared. Suddenly, it’s essential for Maxwell to find his own killer. He enlists the aid of Carol Hampton of the Time College, along with her pet saber-tooth tiger, a ghost with memory issues, and the intelligent Neanderthal Man recently rescued from a prehistoric cooking pot. But the search is pointing them toward the goblins, fairies, and assorted Little Folk living in reservations on campus, and into the dangerous heart of an interspecies blood feud that has been raging for millions of years. Ingeniously inventive and unabashedly tongue-in-cheek, this novel demonstrates multi-award-winning fantasy and science fiction favorite Clifford D. Simak operating at the imaginative peak of his considerable powers.
Download or read book Time Machine written by George Edgar Slusser and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed as a work of genius when first published in 1895, The Time Machine represents a revolution in storytelling. H. G. Wells's first--and greatest--novel has been recognized worldwide as a founding text of the science fiction genre and one of the most seminal narratives of the last hundred years. This collection of essays offers a series of original, penetrating, and wide-ranging perspectives on Wells's masterpiece by an international group of major Wells and science fiction scholars. The authors explore such textual topics as the narrative techniques and mythological undertones of the novel as well as its contribution to modern ideas of time and evolution and its focusing of the intellectual cross-currents of the late nineteenth century. This insightful volume captures the innovative imagination, richness, and fascinating ambiguity that resulted in a classic literary work and demonstrates that Wells's novel is both a visionary story and an unstoppable idea.
Download or read book A book of monsters written by David Ashford and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books traces the rise to prominence in the twentieth-century of a sub-genre of gothic fiction that is, emphatically, a horror of enlightenment rationality rather than gothic darkness, examining post-modern revisions of Modernist “Promethean” tropes in an eclectic range of gothic, fantasy and SF writing. Whether the subject be terror of London’s churches in the psychogeographical fiction of Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore, the Orcs in the linguistic fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien, King Kong, killer-computers, or demon-children in post-war British science-fiction, A Book of Monsters offers illuminating perspectives on the darker recesses of the post-modern imagination, setting out a compelling, and comprehensive, overview on our contemporary unconscious.
Download or read book The Rise After The Sunset written by Rushil Sharma and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rise after the Sunset is a book written by a budding author presently a student of eighth standard. It is a story about a breakthrough invention of a smart Gruccha. He peeped into past as well as future through this invention. Who are these Gruccha? Where do they live? Why goblins are their enemies? Be a part of this amazing Time Travel by reading this story.
Download or read book Clifford Donald Simak An Affectionate Appreciation written by Francis Lyall and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professional newspaperman, Clifford Donald Simak was a major figure both in and beyond the ‘Golden Age’ of science fiction. Active for more than fifty years, he published some 140 short stories and (depending on how you count) at least 27 novels. The many Awards he received – three Hugos, a Nebula, a Jupiter, a Locus, an Analog, and an International Fantasy Award – to say nothing of many nominations, show that his contemporaries recognised his qualities. It is no surprise that the Science Fiction Writers of America elected him as their third SWFA Grand Master. This book considers what he achieved. CDS grew up in Grant County, Wisconsin, just south of where the Wisconsin flows into the Mississippi. Many of his tales reflect the ‘Simak country’ of his youth, regularly drawing on the characteristics of the residents of that area. They are high value entertainment. Some are extremely amusing. Others lead you on to explore many ideas: what does it mean to be sentient, to be human, how should/can we cope with technology, has life a purpose, and if so what, and, what about aliens? Francis Lyall, a retired academic lawyer, has been enjoying Simak stories since he was a teenager. Preface 5 Introduction 8 Chapter I Clifford Donald Simak 15 Chapter II Simak Country 40 Chapter III Trees and Houses 68 1. Trees 68 2. Houses 72 Chapter IV Simak Folk 79 1. General 79 2. Dogs 85 3. Names 86 Chapter V Androids, Robots, Aliens and Others 101 1. Androids 101 2. Robots 103 3. Aliens and Others 113 Chapter VI Gadgets, Gates et al. 125 1. Technology 125 2. Time Travel 128 3. Other Worlds 130 4. Parallel and Alternate Worlds 131 5. Access to Worlds: Machines 134 6. Gates and Doors 134 7. Roads and Tunnels 135 8. Other Artificial Aids 135 9. Equations and Longing 136 Chapter VII Of Man 139 1. Mental Powers 139 2. Knowledge and Education 142 3. Multiple Minds 147 4. Mind-swap 148 5. Telepathy and Parakinesis 150 6. Symbiotes 150 Chapter VIII Mysticism and Mistiness 153 1. Dark Tales 153 2. Controllers 157 3. Purpose 158 4. Creator? 159 5. A Journey? 160 6. Helpers and Monitors 164 7. Faith and Truth 169 8. Ethics: Life: Caring 173 Chapter IX An Evaluation 180
Download or read book The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2004-12-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PAST H. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of their finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told, including “Time’s Arrow” In Arthur C. Clarke’s classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel—with appalling consequences. “Death Ship” Richard Matheson, author of Somewhere in Time, unveils a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon the conundrum of past and future. “Yesterday was Monday” If all the world’s a stage, Theodore Sturgeon’s compelling tale follows the odyssey of an ordinary joe who winds up backstage. “Rainbird” R.A. Lafferty reflects on what might have been in this brainteaser about an inventor so brilliant that he invents himself right out of existence. “Timetipping” What if everyone time-traveled except you? Jack Dann provides some surprising answers in this literary gem. . . . as well as stories by Poul Anderson • L. Sprague de Camp • Joe Haldeman • John Kessel • Nancy Kress • Henry Kuttner • Ursula K. Le Guin • Larry Niven • Charles Sheffield • Robert Silverberg • Connie Willis By turns frightening, puzzling, and fantastic, these stories engage us in situations that may one day break free of the bonds of fantasy . . . to enter the realm of the future: our future. Note: "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury and "I'm Scared" by Jack Finney are not included in this edition.
Download or read book Time Machines written by Jay Anderson and published by Nashville, Tenn. : American Association for State and Local History. This book was released on 1984 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Time Man written by Sudhanshu Shekhar and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time machine was invented with the help of angel magic and helps angel to send a mission in past time, future time and return into present time to kill the nine secret butterflies. so how they killed the secret nine butterflies and won the fight?
Download or read book The Time Machine written by H. G. Wells and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701 A.D., where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks.
Download or read book The Worlds of J R R Tolkien written by John Garth and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated journey into the life and imagination of one of the world's best-loved authors, Tolkien's Worlds provides a unique exploration of the relationship between the real and the fantastical and is an essential companion for anyone who wants to follow in Tolkien's footsteps.
Download or read book The Time Machine written by H. G. Wells and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian England, an eccentric scientist unveils his latest invention: a machine capable of travelling through time. Demonstrating its capabilities, the Time Traveller embarks on a journey to the distant future, arriving in the year 802,701. He discovers a seemingly utopian society inhabited by the gentle Eloi, but soon uncovers a dark and terrifying underworld ruled by the sinister Morlocks. As the Time Traveller delves deeper into this bifurcated world, he realises the grim consequences of societal decay and the potential fate of humanity. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine is a pioneering work in the science fiction genre, introducing the concept of time travel and coining the term »time machine«. First published in 1895, it has since become a classic, influencing countless works of fiction and shaping the genre’s development. H. G. WELLS [1866-1946] was a British author and pioneer in the science fiction genre. His works, including The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, delved into futuristic and societal critique themes. Wells’s visionary portrayals of technology, social structures, and extraterrestrial life made him one of the most influential writers in his field and a precursor to modern science fiction.
Download or read book Climate of Denial written by Allen MacDuffie and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people today experience the climate crisis with a divided state of mind: aware of the extreme effects, but living everyday life as if the crisis is not actually happening. This book argues that this structure of feeling has roots that can be traced back to the nineteenth century, when Western culture encountered the profound shock of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Darwin's theory made it increasingly difficult for secular humanists to flatly deny that humans are animals, fully enmeshed in natural systems and processes. But like those of us confronting climate change today, many writers and scientists struggled to integrate its depersonalizing vision into their understanding of the place of humans in the natural order. The result was that the radical environmental implications of The Origin of Species were evaded as soon as they were articulated, abetted by a culture of denial structured by the illusions of capital and empire. In light of the climate emergency, Climate of Denial recontextualizes nineteenth-century texts to offer rich insight into the defensive strategies used—then and now—to avoid confronting the unsettling realities of our situation on this planet.
Download or read book How Much Truth Do We Tell the Children written by Betty Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 14 Attack of the Mutant Meteors written by Dan Jolley and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When two meteorites crash to Earth and open portals to fantastic adventures, the reader must decide whether to take the path to a planet filled with giant aliens or the gateway that offers the power to change one's size.
Download or read book 18 Horror in Space written by Janine Young and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your ship is on a collision course with a black hole-and to make matters worse, alien monsters, mutants, and mutineers are stowed away on board! Can you save the ship-and yourself-from both the saboteurs and powerful cosmic forces? Every Twisted J
Download or read book The Quest for Dragon Mountain written by Robin Mayhall and published by Graphic Universe. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the dragon-hero of this story, the reader is asked to make choices that determine the outcome of the tale.
