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 Project Gutenberg 2010-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 178 McGreevey, John 1922 2010 The Prophetic Camera Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Prophetic Camera" by John McGreevey is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. The narrative focuses on the life of photographer Joey Barrett, who is assigned to interview an eccentric inventor named Jason Ewing, who claims to have developed a unique camera capable of capturing images from other dimensions, including the future. The story explores themes of belief, ambition, and the unforeseen consequences of wielding knowledge that can alter the perception of time. In the tale, Joey Barrett initially dismisses Ewing as a crackpot and is skeptical about the claims surrounding his revolutionary camera. However, after witnessing a horrific accident that Ewing had predicted through one of his photographs, Joey's perspective begins to shift. As the story unfolds, Joey's obsession with the power of Ewing's formula intensifies, leading to a tense encounter where he forcefully tries to obtain it. In a tragic twist, Ewing dies accidentally, leaving Joey with the knowledge of the devastating potential of his invention. Ultimately, Joey faces the horrifying realization of an image that seals his own fate, implying that knowledge and ambition, when unchecked, can lead to dire consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32361/32361-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Photography -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 54760 2025-10-13T08:30:00.626868 text/html 51280 2010-05-14T10:25:46 text/html 145663 2025-10-13T08:30:02.654870 application/epub+zip 144497 2025-10-13T08:30:01.117869 application/epub+zip 69304 2025-10-13T08:30:00.857865 application/epub+zip 180034 2025-10-13T08:30:04.083834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173165 2025-10-13T08:30:02.367860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98297 2022-09-15T04:18:35.306925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46495 2025-10-13T08:30:00.471851 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46411 2010-05-14T10:25:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18872 2025-10-13T08:30:04.276824 application/rdf+xml 25329 2025-10-13T08:30:00.922853 image/jpeg 4677 2025-10-13T08:30:00.889932 image/jpeg 134256 2010-05-14T10:25:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 17895 2010-05-14T10:25:46 application/octet-stream application/zip 136991 2025-10-13T08:30:00.638877 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia