World Edge

audiobook

World Edge

by Jack Egan

EN·~17 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total

Part 1

17:39

Description

Harvey Crane awakens on a pastel‑colored horizon, his back flat on an alien plain where the sky seems wrong and the horizon vanishes. A strange, tapering cylinder and a forest of triangular, blue‑and‑yellow trees surround him, and a towering castle looms in the distance. Before he can make sense of his surroundings, a confident girl named Dana appears, salvaging a massive ship that seems to have crashed nearby and then, with a casual flick, erases it altogether.

Together they wander through a palace garden, swim in a violet moat, and share a curious feast of orange, ladybug‑like fruit, all while a shape‑shifting creature keeps them company. Though Harvey can’t recall how he arrived, the world is filled with whimsical details and an undercurrent of mystery that beckons him to explore. Their banter hints at forgotten memories and a purpose that lies just beyond the edge of this vivid, surreal landscape.

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Language

en

Duration

~17 minutes (16K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2023-12-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Jack Egan

b. 1945

Known for science fiction and nonfiction alike, this author has a surprisingly varied body of work, from imaginative short fiction collections to books on Australian history and cricket. Catalog records also link the name to volunteer audiobook readings, adding another chapter to a long writing life.

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