
Scrambled World
A future Earth has shrunk to a barren, glittering orb, its continents stretched thin over a dying Sun. Three intrepid travelers—scientist Devin Orth, his hulking partner Norris Horn, and the steady‑hand Neilson—descend in a time‑bubble craft, hoping to find a lost civilization that turned the planet into a pristine preserve. Their mission is simple yet desperate: uncover the secret of atomic control that could save humanity from an inevitable radioactive wasteland.
The landscape they encounter is eerie, a green meadow where once‑thriving cities should have stood, while strange, silent satellites circle like a swarm of fireflies. As they grapple with malfunctioning equipment and the strange physics of a world three million years beyond their own, the crew senses that the guardians of this park may not be human at all. Their race against time becomes a delicate dance between curiosity and caution, hinting at wonders and dangers hidden beneath the tranquil surface.
Language
en
Duration
~31 minutes (30K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Dec 29, 2020
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1912–2003
A prolific American storyteller, Basil Wells built a wide-ranging career across science fiction, fantasy, westerns, and detective fiction. Writing both under his own name and as Gene Ellerman, he brought imaginative worlds and fast-moving adventure to the pages of mid-century genre magazines.
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