This paperback was among those made available to Little Free Library stewards by the Nashua Public Library. It's about a small town that gets itself transported into the far-distant future by a "super-atomic bomb". [It was written in 1951, so I have to cut it some slack on the science {grin}.]

The book surprised me; while it did indeed open with the near-magical transmission of an entire town into the far-distant future, complete with local power plant and other infrastructures intact, that isn't where the story ended. For one thing, the "new" Earth (or should I say the very, very old Earth) has other cities, domed and clearly much more advanced than our heroes', but they have been long abandoned, suggesting that the planet isn't habitable even with that technology. The townspeople go through stages of grief, anger, and desperation while a few try to figure out the best way to deal with the situation. And then a space-ship arrives...

I liked the direction that the story took, even though I was still a bit iffy as to the resolution. But it was a much more interesting tale than I'd thought; at one point the main character even quotes Melville during an attempt to persuade - but I won't spoil it. I only wish I'd read it during my own first dabblings into science fiction!

I'm adding this book to the To the Stars: A Science Fiction Bookbox 3.0, which will be on its way to its next stop soon. Hope everyone enjoys the selection!

** Released for the 2024 Science Fiction challenge. **

I pulled this book from the "To The Stars" spaceship when it landed at my house!