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mabusecast's review
5.0
Hot take but I found this early Ray Bradbury story,which is clearly inspired by the famous Poe story "the pit and the pendulum", to be a better written story then the Poe one! I still like Poe don't get me wrong but this story by Ray Bradbury for as short as it is packs a punch and has a really cool spin on "the pit and the pendulum"!
One of those short stories that is so simple, yet so well done, that you feel dumb for not having come up with it!
One of those short stories that is so simple, yet so well done, that you feel dumb for not having come up with it!
paulbrad25's review
3.0
A apocalyptic vision delivered through nesting devices; the arrival on Earth of aliens investigating the demise of the human race, and their discovery of the writings of a wrongfully convicted scientist who had been imprisoned in the eponymous pendulum and accidentally imbued with immense longevity with which he is able to bear witness to the robot uprising and eventual destruction.
A lot to squeeze into nine pages, and the story does not linger.
A lot to squeeze into nine pages, and the story does not linger.
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