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The Runaway Skyscraper

By Murray Leinster

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

** A modern tower becomes a beacon of the future in a world long lost, as its inhabitants fight to survive after being thrown back to a primitive past.

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2005-12-19
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Summary

** "The Runaway Skyscraper" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction adventure where a New York City skyscraper and its inhabitants are flung back through time to a prehistoric wilderness. When the building suddenly reverses time, engineer Arthur Chamberlain and stenographer Estelle Woodward must lead the frightened occupants in an effort to survive. Faced with starvation and the unknown, Arthur becomes a leader, initiating essential survival strategies and attempting to communicate with nearby native people. Amidst the fear and chaos, Arthur and Estelle’s growing bond represents hope as they adapt to their strange new circumstances and desperately search for a way back to their own time. **

About the Author

Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays.

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