{"_id":"62bbb4f5e503d666e65b1dcb","title":"An Adventure in Futurity","author":"Clark Ashton Smith","code":"an-adventure-in-futurity","words":14141,"image":"planet.jpg","image_alt":"A misty planet. Graphite Filter","publish_year":1931,"publish_source":"Wonder Stories","publish_edition":"Vol. 2, No. 11","rating":4,"publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Wonder_Stories_v02n11_1931-04/page/n31/mode/2up","genres":["sci-fi","adventure","mystery"],"content_warning":["Heavy racism"],"blurb":"“And do you ever think that present-day New York will some time be as fragmentary and fabulous as Troy or Zimbabwe? That archaeologists may delve in its ruins, beneath the sevenfold increment of later cities, and find a few rusting mechanisms of disputed use, and potteries of doubtful date—”","description":"Hugh befriends a strange man named Elkins, whose nationality and race Hugh is unable to pin down. Elkins shows a mysteriously advanced understanding of modern science despite having no public fame or connections.","unique_cover":"A drawing of two men in futuristic gear overlooking an majestic, alien palace with a fight between aliens occurning in the courtyard.","cover_position":"10%","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"space","title":"To Boldly Go","collection_type":"theme"}]}