No Enemy But Time: A NovelA secret experiment in time travel sends a twentieth century man a million years into the past in Central Africa. |
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... night ! Nights were never icy in Lolitabu , which was tucked away in Zarakal's southwestern corner . Instead of bells - on - bobtails you heard elephants trumpeting , hyenas laughing , and maybe even poachers whispering to one another ...
... night ! Nights were never icy in Lolitabu , which was tucked away in Zarakal's southwestern corner . Instead of bells - on - bobtails you heard elephants trumpeting , hyenas laughing , and maybe even poachers whispering to one another ...
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... night was chilly , probably no more than fifty - five degrees Fahrenheit ; and , half- naked to the stars , I was a candidate for either pneumonia or hypothermia . I wanted a good warm , woolen blanket and a bottle of whiskey or ouzo ...
... night was chilly , probably no more than fifty - five degrees Fahrenheit ; and , half- naked to the stars , I was a candidate for either pneumonia or hypothermia . I wanted a good warm , woolen blanket and a bottle of whiskey or ouzo ...
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... night we could hear the sepulchral grumbling of thunder , and sheet lightning lit up the horizons . Spooked by the weirdness of the sky , the herds on the grasslands ricocheted from place to place . Sometimes lions roared rebuttals at ...
... night we could hear the sepulchral grumbling of thunder , and sheet lightning lit up the horizons . Spooked by the weirdness of the sky , the herds on the grasslands ricocheted from place to place . Sometimes lions roared rebuttals at ...
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African Air Force Alfie Alistair Patrick Blair American animals Anna arms australopithecines Babington Backstep Scaffold baobab began beneath bush chalicotheres child chrononaut Colonel creatures dark daughter Dilsey Dirk Akuj dreamfaring dreams Emily Encarnación eyes face feet feral child fingers Genly Genly's going grass Grub Guinevere habilines hair hand head Helen Helensburgh hominid Homo Homo habilis Hugo human hyenas Jackie Jeannette Jeannette's John-John Johnny Jomo Joshua Kampa Kampa Kaprow Kikembu knew Lake Kiboko Land Rover legs leopard looked Luna male Marakoi Minids Monegal Monicah mother Mount Tharaka Mzee Tharaka never Ngai night Odetta once pair paleoanthropologist past Pete Pibb pistol Pleistocene President Tharaka reem returned Rivenbark Roosevelt Sambusai savannah seemed shoulder side skull slide spirit-traveling stared stood survival talk tion told took transcordion travois tree tried turned WaBenzi walked warthog watched White Sphinx woman Zarakal Zarakali