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Chargement... The Crystal Egg [short story] (1897)par H. G. Wells
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An antiques dealer named Mr. Cave acquires a crystal egg that emits a glow visible only to him. What's more, when he turns the sphere at certain angles, he is treated to views of a strange land populated by bizarre but intelligent creatures. The shopkeeper confides his experiences in his friend Mr. Wace, a local scientist who concludes that the crystal egg is a remote viewing device to the planet Mars. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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There was, until a year ago, a little and very grimy-looking shop near Seven Dials, over which, in weather-worn yellow lettering, the name of C. Cave, Naturalist and Dealer in Antiquities, was inscribed. The contents of its window were curiously variegated. They comprised some elephant tusks and an imperfect set of chessmen, beads and weapons, a box of eyes, two skulls of tigers and one human, several moth-eaten stuffed monkeys (one holding a lamp), an old-fashioned cabinet, a fly-blown ostrich egg or so, some fishing-tackle, and an extraordinarily dirty, empty glass fish-tank. There was also, at the moment the story begins, a mass of crystal, worked into the shape of an egg... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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