“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest HemingwayĮrnest Hemingway was a big-game hunter, and he drew from his own experiences to write “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.” In it, Francis Macomber, his wife, and a friend are in Africa hunting buffalo, which does not turn out as they wanted. Avi Arad, CEO of Marvel Studios, stated 'X-Men is one of Marvel's crown jewels and it makes sense to focus on the popular Wolverine character for our second animation. Set on the fictional planet of Baldur, it’s about a playboy named Simon Kress who doubles as an exotic animal collector and one day comes across a terrarium filled with creatures called sandkings… and what happens next becomes the kind of dark adventure that only GRRM can write.ġ00. In 2007, Marvel Studios will put out a new X-Men animated show that will primarily feature Wolverine, this time using a mesh of 2D/3D animation for characters and backgrounds. Martin wrote this fantastically dark novelette that won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Locus Award in 1980. His famous short story, “To Build a Fire,” deals with one man’s struggle against the arctic winter in the Yukon Territory.īefore A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. A lot of things can go wrong - and they do, in this masterful short story by Ray Bradbury about the butterfly effect.Īs you might be able to tell already, Jack London had a thirst for adventure and the wild.
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Time travel has become a reality in 2055 - and a company called Time Safari Inc is advertising a chance to travel back in time to hunt dinosaurs. Batman The Animated Series S01E59 DVDRip avi Disable ADBlock plugin and allow pop-ups in your browser to watch video. Wells wrote this short story in the fashion of Moby-Dick and the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but the tentacle-y thrills of this short story are all his own. You don’t necessarily need 50,000 words to bring the thrill of adventure to life! If you only have 30 minutes on hand, the below short stories will be able to whet your appetite. A neighbor tells her: “Don’t go through the door.” Of course, Coraline goes through the door - only to find a world that she could never have imagined. In this dark fantasy novella, Coraline Jones moves into an old house with a mysterious door.
Neil Gaiman came up with the idea for this book when he miswrote “Caroline” as “Coraline” one day.