| Author |
Peyton, Green, 1907-1968 |
| Illustrator |
Briggs, Austin, 1908-1973 |
| Title |
The Chamber of Life
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| Series Title |
Produced from Amazing Stories July 1962, a reprint from Amazing Stories October 1929.
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Annie McGuire and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
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| Summary |
"The Chamber of Life" by Green Peyton Wertenbaker is a science fiction novel written during the late 1920s. The story explores themes of consciousness, reality, and the pursuit of artistic fulfillment through an innovative machine that allows users to experience sensations and emotions as if they were living another life. It examines the implications of such technology on human relationships and the concept of lived experience. The narrative follows a character named Barrett, who awakens in a lake with no memory of how he got there. Through a chance meeting with the intriguing inventor Melbourne, he is introduced to the "Chamber of Life," an apparatus designed to immerse users into a surreal, vivid alternate reality. As Barrett experiences this new life in a fantastical world with Selda, a woman he comes to love, he struggles with the reality that he is destined to return to his ordinary existence. The story raises profound questions on predestination, identity, and the nature of love, culminating in Barrett's poignant realization of the bittersweet truth of his experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
Science fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
25862 |
| Release Date |
Jun 21, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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