The Coming of the Ice

The Coming of the Ice

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The Coming of the Ice by Green Peyton

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The Coming of the Ice

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Strange men these creatures of the hundredth century...

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e, and Sir John.

"Bravely done!" Sir John was saying, and Alice, too, was saying something, but I cannot remember what. For a long while we talked, I speaking the nonsense of those who are coming out from under ether, they teasing me a little solemnly. But after a little while I became aware of the fact that they were about to leave. Suddenly, God knows why, I knew that they must not leave. Something cried in the back of my head that they must stay--one cannot explain these things, except by after events. I began to press them to remain, but they smiled and said they must get their dinner. I commanded them not to go; but they spoke kindly and said they would be back before long. I think I even wept a little, like a child, but Sir John said something to the nurse, who began to reason with me firmly, and then they were gone, and somehow I was asleep....

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When I awoke again, my head was fairly clear, but there was an abominable reek of ether all about me. The moment I opene

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Eternity's not all it's cracked up to be, as the protagonist of this swiftly moving science fiction story discovers. Love, however, probably is...but he'll never, ever know. Engrossing.
A man makes a decision that he lives to regret …for an eternity. Mankind evolves but he remains static. Will the new Ice Age free him from his torment?
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Interesting short story about a man who undergoes an operation to make himself immortal at the expense of his emotions.
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FEATURED AUTHOR - Philip Booker lives in southern Idaho with his wife Katey, his step-daughter CaraLee, two cats, a dog, and a ton of fish. Philip has been writing stories since third grade when he decided he wanted to be an author. While he has written many short stories, Smoke in the Wind was his first completed novel. As our Author of the Day, Booker tells us all about this book.