Project Gutenberg 2021-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 139 Purcell, Dick Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill "Next Stop, Nowhere!" Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1956 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Next Stop, Nowhere!" by Dick Purcell is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century, specifically in the 1950s. The narrative revolves around four individuals who become trapped in an elevator and experience an extraordinary event that transports them to a bizarre new world. The tale explores themes of perception and reality, as well as the implications of being thrust into a setting vastly different from their original environment. The story begins with the four passengers—Peggy, Walter, Wilmer, and Fleming—who find themselves stuck in an elevator. As they grapple with their predicament, they suddenly experience a chaotic disruption that seems to transport them beyond the confines of the elevator, landing them in an expansive and surreal landscape. Upon realizing their surroundings, they discover that they have shrunk to a minuscule size in comparison to their new environment and potential threats. As they encounter a giant and deduce their unusual situation, Fleming Carter concludes that they have been transferred to another plane of existence, rendering them as mere playthings in a vast new world. The story culminates with Carter revealing that their new fate is to serve as an unusual birthday present for someone, reflecting their suitability for this new role. In doing so, it raises questions about autonomy, purpose, and the nature of existence itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 46538 2025-07-26T10:43:02.302529 text/html 22965 2024-10-18T17:06:44 text/html 315805 2025-07-26T10:43:04.303531 application/epub+zip 314626 2025-07-26T10:43:02.796515 application/epub+zip 79016 2025-07-26T10:43:02.544525 application/epub+zip 348326 2025-07-26T10:43:05.508538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 341452 2025-07-26T10:43:04.069511 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105952 2022-09-30T03:59:02.857378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40320 2025-07-26T10:43:02.140526 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20494 2024-10-18T17:06:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16663 2025-07-26T10:43:05.656505 application/rdf+xml 25616 2025-07-26T10:43:02.659523 image/jpeg 4617 2025-07-26T10:43:02.601516 image/jpeg 381841 2025-07-26T10:43:02.315518 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