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The Runaway Skyscraper
by Murray Leinster
Language: English
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction
Content Rating: Older than 13
In a pulse-pounding tale of scientific anomaly, a towering New York skyscraper inexplicably hurtles through time, stranding two thousand souls in a prehistoric wilderness of beasts and untamed frontiers. As modern ingenuity clashes with primal chaos, one engineer's desperate ingenuity ignites a fight for survival—and a bid to wrench the building back to the present
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Great Early Pulp Science Fiction
Reviewed it on January 21, 2026
This classic novelette is indicative of the imagination and skill of one of the great pioneers of science fiction. Written only a few years after the War to End All Wars, it has a youthful exuberance and mature phrasing and dialogue. Truly a great early effort.