"Made in Tanganyika" by Carl Jacobi is a science fiction story where an ordinary shell collector named Martin Sutter decides to spice up his life by buying a strange television. This TV acts as a portal, whisking him away into a strange world filled with beautiful alien shells near a beach. As Sutter ventures into the alternate dimension with the television, he develops questions about his roommate, Lucien Travail, as they both value shells and questionably begin to collect the alien shells together. Suspicion grows, leading to a rash act, and ultimately, both Sutter and Travail get pulled in to an unknown future, stuck inside of a shell. The novella blends a sense of adventure and comedy, exploring themes of obsession and the unknown.
Made in Tanganyika
By Carl Jacobi
A man's fortieth birthday wish for adventure goes awry when a mysterious television set traps him and his roommate in a shell from another dimension.
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2009-06-25
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About the AuthorCarl Richard Jacobi was an American journalist and writer. He wrote short stories in the horror and fantasy genres for the pulp magazine market, appearing in such pulps of the bizarre and uncanny as Weird Tales, Ghost Stories, Startling Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Strange Stories. He also wrote stories crime and adventure which appeared in such pulps as Thrilling Adventures, Complete Stories, Top-Notch, Short Stories, The Skipper, Doc Savage and Dime Adventures Magazine. Jacobi also produced some science fiction, mainly space opera, published in such magazines as Planet Stories. He was one of the last surviving pulp-fictioneers to have contributed to the legendary American horror magazine Weird Tales during its "glory days". His stories have been translated into French, Swedish, Danish and Dutch.
Carl Richard Jacobi was an American journalist and writer. He wrote short stories in the horror and fantasy genres for the pulp magazine market, appearing in such pulps of the bizarre and uncanny as Weird Tales, Ghost Stories, Startling Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Strange Stories. He also wrote stories crime and adventure which appeared in such pulps as Thrilling Adventures, Complete Stories, Top-Notch, Short Stories, The Skipper, Doc Savage and Dime Adventures Magazine. Jacobi also produced some science fiction, mainly space opera, published in such magazines as Planet Stories. He was one of the last surviving pulp-fictioneers to have contributed to the legendary American horror magazine Weird Tales during its "glory days". His stories have been translated into French, Swedish, Danish and Dutch.
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