Welcome to Paradise

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Welcome to Paradise

by Allyn Donnelson

EN·~23 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
1

23:56

Description

A weary spot welder from Chicago finds his routine night shift abruptly transformed when a routine repair on a mysterious “manhole cover” sparks a blinding flash and drops him into an unfamiliar, moon‑lit landscape of limestone cliffs. Disoriented, he’s greeted by a broad‑shouldered sergeant in an unfamiliar uniform, who seems as baffled by his sudden appearance as the welder is by the strange terrain.

The two quickly discover they’re tangled in a secret government project that has crossed the boundary between ordinary industry and experimental space travel. As the welder, nicknamed “Tuck,” tries to explain his accidental involvement, the sergeant—named Yogi—offers a grudgingly humorous partnership, promising to sort out the bizarre circumstances that have thrust a civilian into a top‑secret world. Listeners get a blend of mid‑century sci‑fi intrigue, dry wit, and the uneasy humor of an ordinary man thrust into extraordinary danger.

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Language

en

Duration

~23 minutes (22K 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

2021-09-27

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Allyn Donnelson

Best known for a single 1954 science-fiction story, this elusive writer left behind a small but memorable footprint in the pulp-magazine era. That mystery gives the work an extra spark: a glimpse of classic mid-century imagination from an author history has mostly misplaced.

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