Before Earth Came
- by John Russell Fearn
- June 1934
- Novella
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Time Phenomena
- English
- “Before Earth Came” by John Russell Fearn , in Astounding Stories, June 1934.
Mary Ainsworth’s beau, Lee Carnforth, is the first test subject for old Professor Ainsworth’s new technique to uncover and display ancestral memories. In fact, these are extreme ancestors, from before the birth of the solar system.
—based on Frank J. Bleiler
Why should father want tounlock the doors of the unknown—probe backward through time? Beyond the beyond!
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- Time Periods
- Formation of the Solar System ({$row["phrase_qualifier"]}): on a bare and windy prehistoric plane
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: presumed home time of the story
- Timeline Models
- Themes
- Ancestor Travel and Ancestral Memories
- You Will Remember Nothing!: The memories are recorded, but Lee himself does not remember them.
- Fictional Tags
- Aliens: These aliens are actually our ancestors!
- Groupings
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- “Before Earth Came” by John Russell Fearn , in Astounding Stories, June 1934.