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  2. The Rocket (short story) - Wikipedia

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    Super Science Stories (March 1950, ed. Ejler Jakobsson) - published under the name "Outcast of the Stars." [3] The Illustrated Man (1951, Ray Bradbury) R Is for Rocket (1962, Ray Bradbury) Tomorrow: Science Fiction and the Future (1973, ed. Alan L. Madsen) Classic Stories 1: From The Golden Apples of the Sun and R is for Rocket (1990, Ray Bradbury)

  3. Cosmicomics - Wikipedia

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    The story is about a family living on land that is a bit ashamed of their old uncle who still lives in the sea, refusing to come ashore like "civilized" people. "How Much Shall We Bet": Qfwfq bets against his rival Dean (k)yK about the universe's transformations, making increasingly long-term and specific conjectures.

  4. The Shadow Out of Time - Wikipedia

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    The story describes time and space travel by mind transfer, where a person in a given place and time can switch bodies with someone who is elsewhere or elsewhen. As with other Lovecraftian works, this story features otherworldly alien beings that are not simply variations on humans or other familiar terrestrial animals.

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  6. Time travel in fiction - Wikipedia

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    A time slip is a plot device in fantasy and science fiction in which a person, or group of people, seem to travel through time by unknown means. [12] [13] The idea of a time slip has been used in 19th century fantasy, an early example being Washington Irving's 1819 Rip Van Winkle, where the mechanism of time travel is an extraordinarily long sleep. [14]

  7. The Jaunt - Wikipedia

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    In the distant future, humans have developed a form of instantaneous teleportation called "the Jaunt", enabling colonization of the Solar System. Mark Oates and his family are preparing to travel to Mars for a two-year business trip. As the Jaunting service prepares the other passengers, Mark entertains his two children by recounting a semi ...

  8. Ancient astronauts in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Les Xipéhuz (1888) is a novella by the writing duo J.-H. Rosny—although it is possible that Rosny aîné was the principal contributor. It describes the fight that threatens humanity, in the beginning of its history, against a new form of intelligent non-organic life, the Xipéhuz, some sort of sentient crystals.

  9. List of stories set in a future now in the past - Wikipedia

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    The novel concerns a group of people who spread disinformation / conspiracy theories on the internet to undermine the government's influence by disinformation. [88] [89] Multiple global conflicts including the United States and Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, the Balkans. [31] [89] 2% of the population is in prison. The protagonists also ...