The Creatures That Time Forgot by Ray Bradbury
"The Creatures That Time Forgot" by Ray Bradbury is a short story first published in 1946. The tale follows Sim and other humans stranded on a harsh planet where radiation limits their lifespan to just eight days. Within sight sits a distant rocket ship that could offer escape, but the deadly journey seems impossible to complete. Gifted with ancestral memories yet trapped by time, Sim pursues a desperate plan to extend life
and reach salvation before his days run out. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Creatures That Time Forgot |
| Series Title | Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1946 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_and_Fire_(short_story) |
| Credits |
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Life on other planets -- Fiction |
| Subject | Aging -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 63874 |
| Release Date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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