I had begun reading a short story or a novel on gutenberg.org couple of years ago (Those who don’t know, it’s a site where you can find all kinds of public domain ebooks.) The story was set in a distant future where people time travel to various time periods of the past and live there and thereby drain resources of the past. There was some kind of structure called time dome or smth like that. It read from the pov of a guy called Ted, Tom or Taylor. I had to uninstall my browser and therefore lose all data. Tried to find it, but couldn’t. It was interesting enough for me to remember even today.
Edit: I can’t believe this myself, but I somehow found it and it was actually reaalllyy easy. Took me like 30 seconds. I just went to Project Gutenberg, opened the books about time travel section, scrolled down and down and there it was… Tyrants of Time by Milton Lesser. Even though I read it in Gutenberg.org, not once did I look up in Gutenberg itself. I made social media posts, googled it, asked chatgpt and all that. I have no idea why I didn’t look it up in Gutenberg itself. And the structure I called ‘Time Dome’ was actually Eradrome, it’s a place that facilitates time travel. And the protagonist is actually Tedor Barwan. Damn, I’m really stupid!!
Children’s book, isolated world that exists on a 3 tiered mountain and is totally self sufficient and the fig somehow is the staple crop. Young adult gets curious and explores and finds the dystopian truth. The unique bit was the architect of the mountain paradise thing had such a large intellect he used strings of 6 numbers to recall memories like a biological card catalog. There was also a website where you could plug in the numbers from the book to pull up like blueprints and pictures. I wanna say it starts with “Ae-” but I havent been able to find it since I read it in '08
The House of Power?
From the creator of the Land of Elyon comes a riveting adventure set in an extraordinary satellite world created as a refuge from a dying Earth that begins to collapse and forever change the lives of its inhabitants. Edgar, a gifted climber, is a lonely boy scaling the perilous cliffs that separate the three realms of Atherton: a humble fig grove; a mysterious highland world of untold beauty and sinister secrets; and a vast wasteland where he must confront an unspeakable danger that could destroy the people of Atherton. When Edgar discovers a book which contains the history of Atherton’s origins and ultimate apocalypse, his world quite literally begins to turn inside out.
Thats exactly it, thank you so much!
Awesome! I tagged your username for “cool art” for your owl painting a while back, so I was hoping I could hook you up with the title.
Your tribute to the owl spirit has now been repaid! 🦉