• Aeri@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    There’s a story called “Time Safari” that ends in a dude just straight up killing another dude. This was in a kid’s literature book.

    Also I think Casque of Amontillado is funny.

    • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
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      2 months ago

      I thought that was called a Sound of Thunder. Because the last line went “there was a sound of thunder, then silence.” Or something to that effect, heavily implying that the time safari employee killed the hunter who stepped off the trail and on to a butterfly.

      I also remember that one of the results of stepping on the butterfly was that all English words were spelled fonetically (typo intentional), a “mistake” I would happily go back in time to commit.

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      2 months ago

      I remember that. Either Ray Bradbury or Isaac Asimov.

      Hunting party goes back in time to hunt dinosaurs right.

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      2 months ago

      Huh I never realized how weird of a story that is to tell to kids

      Don’t even get me started on a tall tale heart or that one story about this dude fantasizing about escaping while getting hanged