The Cellar - Science Fiction

If you like science fiction you’ll probably like The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain.
Yes, that Mark Twain. His last book, took him 12 years, three drafts, and was unpublished when he died.

Quote:

"What is your name?" "Number 44, New Series 864,962."

With my race it is different; we have no limits of any kind, we comprehend all things. You see, for your race there is such a thing as time — you cut it up and measure it; to your race there is a past, a present and a future — of one and the same thing you make three; and to your race there is also such a thing as distance – and hang it, you measure that, too!... Let me see: if I could only... if I... oh, no, it is of no use — there is no such thing as enlightening that kind of a mind!" He turned upon me despairingly, pathetically, adding, "If it only had some capacity, some depth, or breadth, or — or — but you see it doesn't hold anything; one cannot pour the starred and shoreless expanses of the universe into a jug!"

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