EPISODE · Aug 13, 2023 · 51 MIN
The Time Machine, Part 4
from Tales from Sniper's Rest · host Sn1perSh4d0w
Book Summary; A scientist who builds a time machine, travels to the year 802,701 AD and there encounters humanity's descendants – the childlike Eloi and the monstrous Morlocks. Words I had to look up in order to read this book; - Interminable; endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically). - Malign; evil in nature or effect. - Carloviginan; The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family. - Estuary; the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream. - Diminution; a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. - Immemorial; originating in the distant past; very old. - Steatite; a massive talc having a grayish-green or brown color; soapstone. - Exultation; a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing. - Contrivance; the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality. - Rarefied; (of air, especially that at high altitudes) of lower pressure than usual; thin. - Gynæceum; most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. Attributes; - Podcast Cover Photo by Photo by Ivan Aleksic on Unsplash - Profile Photo by Taton Moïse on Unsplash - Intro/Outro Music; #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): Adventure is Calling by Vens Adams License code: OEE9X8ICZQGGPWNX
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Book Summary; A scientist who builds a time machine, travels to the year 802,701 AD and there encounters humanity's descendants – the childlike Eloi and the monstrous Morlocks. Words I had to look up in order to read this book; - Interminable; endless or apparently endless (often used hyperbolically). - Malign; evil in nature or effect. - Carloviginan; The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family. - Estuary; the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream. - Diminution; a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something. - Immemorial; originating in the distant past; very old. - Steatite; a massive talc having a grayish-green or brown color; soapstone. - Exultation; a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing. - Contrivance; the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality. - Rarefied; (of air, especially that at high altitudes) of lower pressure than usual; thin. - Gynæceum; most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. Attributes; - Podcast Cover Photo by Photo by Ivan Aleksic on Unsplash - Profile Photo by Taton Moïse on Unsplash - Intro/Outro Music; #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): Adventure is Calling by Vens Adams License code: OEE9X8ICZQGGPWNX
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The Time Machine, Part 4
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