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Beyond the Vanishing Point

Ray Cummings

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .We were in a huge dim open space. Presently, as my vision cleared, I saw that the dome was overhead. This was a circular, hundred-foot-wide room. It was dimly lighted. The figures of men were moving about, their great misshapen shadows shifting with them. Twenty feet from me there was a pile of golden rock—chunks of gold the size of a man's fist, or his head, and larger, heaped loosely into a mound ten feet high.[Pg 21]

Beyond this pile of ore, near the center of the room, twenty feet above the concrete floor, there was a large hanging electrolier. It cast a circular glow downward. Under it I saw a low platform raised a foot or two above the ground. A giant electro-microscope was hung with its twenty foot cylinder above the platform. Its intensification tubes were glowing in a dim phosphorescent row on a nearby bracket. A man sat in a chair on the platform at the microscope's eyepiece.

I saw all this with a brief glance, then my attention went . . . Read More

Community Reviews

Very well written and in general I found it interesting, so I think I can say that I liked it, but I can't say that I really liked it, so 3 stars.

This was a fascinating read on many levels. It's primary action is set just north of Quebec City (which I love) and the protagonist travels up well-known (to me) Maine roads to get there (well before interstates or the trans-canada existed).
The story comes down to being able to shrink individuals d

Loved reading this story! An astounding tale of adventure in size. What is to say that we also are not living in a miniature world?! Story moves along at a good pace and is a page turner!