The Enormous Room

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The Enormous Room

by H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold, Robert W. Krepps

EN·~2 hours

Chapters

Description

A bustling amusement park sets the scene as a mixed group of strangers clings to a rattling roller‑coaster, each reacting differently as the train climbs, crests, and plunges. The thrill quickly turns uncanny when, after the first big dip, the ride empties itself and the passengers vanish, leaving only the empty cars humming in the wind. The sudden shift leaves the characters—and the listener—wondering whether the coaster itself, or something else, has taken them somewhere beyond the tracks.

When consciousness returns, the survivors find themselves in a cramped, yellow‑walled room that feels more like a forgotten storage space than a hospital. Surrounded by straw, a lone tire, a small fountain, and a mysterious metal rod, five strangers scramble for answers, probing walls that won’t budge and questioning an unseen “who” that placed them there. Their confusion, the odd details, and the mix of accents and attitudes set a tense, puzzling atmosphere that invites listeners to join the search for an exit and the truth behind the inexplicable disappearance.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (126K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

2010-04-25

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold

H. L. (Horace Leonard) Gold

1914–1996

A sharp, influential force in mid-century science fiction, this writer and editor helped reshape the field through his work at Galaxy Science Fiction. His own stories were fewer, but his eye for new ideas and strong voices left a lasting mark.

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Robert W. Krepps

1919–1980

A versatile mid-20th-century American writer, he moved easily from pulp-era science fiction to westerns, historical novels, and movie tie-ins. Many of his best-known speculative stories appeared under the pen name Geoff St. Reynard.

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