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[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

There's a story called "Time Safari" that ends in a dude just straight up killing another dude. This was in a kid's literature book.

Also I think Casque of Amontillado is funny.

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 6 points 4 months ago

I thought that was called a Sound of Thunder. Because the last line went "there was a sound of thunder, then silence." Or something to that effect, heavily implying that the time safari employee killed the hunter who stepped off the trail and on to a butterfly.

I also remember that one of the results of stepping on the butterfly was that all English words were spelled fonetically (typo intentional), a "mistake" I would happily go back in time to commit.

[-] Cramulh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I also remember this short story, the death of the butterfly also changed the results of an election.

[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

(It probably was I read this story over 10 years ago)

[-] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I remember that. Either Ray Bradbury or Isaac Asimov.

Hunting party goes back in time to hunt dinosaurs right.

[-] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Huh I never realized how weird of a story that is to tell to kids

Don't even get me started on a tall tale heart or that one story about this dude fantasizing about escaping while getting hanged

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