Project Gutenberg 2007-08-02 Public domain in the USA. 222 Simak, Clifford D. 1904 1988 Simak, Clifford Donald Project Mastodon First published in March 1955 Galaxy and the etext was produced from the anthology "All the Traps of Earth and other stories". Produced by Greg Weeks, dpcfmander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Project Mastodon" by Clifford D. Simak is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. The story deals with themes of time travel and human ambition, exploring the consequences of seeking to establish a new nation in an ancient world populated by prehistoric creatures. It follows a group of men navigating the political landscape of their time while grappling with the environmental and social challenges of living in the Pleistocene era. The narrative centers around Wesley Adams, ex-ambassador Chuck Hudson, and Secretary of State John Cooper, who venture back in time using a time machine and establish a new nation called Mastodonia in a distant past filled with mammoths and saber-tooths. As they attempt to gain recognition for their new country, they face various obstacles, including conflicts with government officials back in their own time. The trio struggles with the logistics of survival and grapples with their hopes and dreams of returning home, ultimately inducing questions about purpose and legacy as they navigate a primitive landscape. The story highlights the themes of human ingenuity, the quest for national identity, and the complexities of coexistence in an unforgiving environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 92831 2025-06-09T10:23:25.118977 text/html 90326 2021-01-02T20:58:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 34220 2021-01-02T20:58:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 106365 2025-06-09T10:23:30.649973 application/epub+zip 106233 2025-06-09T10:23:27.818971 application/epub+zip 101669 2025-06-09T10:23:26.659044 application/epub+zip 215528 2025-06-09T10:23:32.807951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203172 2025-06-09T10:23:29.989975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 177732 2022-09-10T12:01:36.334743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85233 2025-06-09T10:23:24.767977 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85050 2021-01-02T20:58:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 33081 2021-01-02T20:58:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 85041 2021-01-02T20:58:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33063 2021-01-02T20:58:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21144 2025-06-09T10:23:32.951944 application/rdf+xml 13820 2025-06-09T10:23:27.235015 image/jpeg 3570 2025-06-09T10:23:26.946977 image/jpeg 104662 2025-06-09T10:23:25.127993 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia