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Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury is a haunting and atmospheric science fiction tale that explores the thin boundary between consciousness and madness. After crash-landing on a desolate planetoid, space traveler Leonard Sale finds himself trapped in chilling isolation—until disembodied voices of ancient warriors begin to invade his mind.

Man has always wanted to travel into the unknown and encounter what he has not, and perhaps cannot, experience in the real world. The early 20th century witnessed an explosion of science fiction literature. Authors studied the wonders of scientific and technological progress and imagined worlds that had developed even greater advances. Jules Vernes' and H.G. Wells' fantastic tales well whetted the public's appetite for adventure tales.

In this story two men strike up a conversation and one reveals that he is, in fact, dead as the result of titanic war in the future. In this bold premise Wells once more reveals a startling and empathetic story.

Bei einer Zugfahrt kommen zwei Männer miteinander ins Gespräch, während dessen der ältere ausführlich über einen Traum berichtet, der ihn durch seinen Realismus an den Grenzen und Vorstellungen der Wirklichkeit zweifeln lässt. Er schildert darin die Vision eines zukünftigen grausamen Krieges, in welchem die 100%ig patriotischen Schafsköpfe von ihren politischen Führern zu unmenschlichen Bestien aufgewiegelt und neuartige Kriegsmaschinerien eingesetzt werden. Wells reflektiert in dieser Erzählung seine Vorahnung des ersten Weltkriegs.

Time is a very fluid thing, no one really has a grasp on it other than maybe how to measure it. As the maestro of the Day by Day Armageddon Universe, I have the latitude of being in control of that time. I can adjust the slider either direction, moving the timeline back and forth along the continuum. This is one of the perks of creation, the benefit in constructing something (albeit small) from nothing. Sort of makes you wonder what the maestro of the universe is up to, no? You have again stumbled upon a ticket with service through the apocalyptic wastes, but this time the train is a little bit older, a little more beat up, and maybe a little wiser. Keep your doors locked.