Project Gutenberg 2009-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 86 Thieme, Richard 1944 Thieme, Richard F. Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling Pleasant Journey Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Pleasant Journey" by Richard Thieme is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around an innovative ride called "Journey Home," an experience that offers travelers a chance to explore their innermost desires and memories, presenting a profound commentary on escapism and the nature of happiness. In the story, a carnival buyer named Roger Allenby tests a peculiar amusement ride designed by Jenkins, which immerses users in a simulated reality tailored to their personal yearnings. Once Allenby uses the device, he finds himself in idyllic settings from his memories—warm meadows and comforting landscapes representing his idea of "home." Although the experience lasts only ten seconds in real time, the impact it has on him is profound, as he contemplates the allure of staying in this dreamed reality rather than returning to his mundane life. The conversation between Allenby and Jenkins hints at the darker implications of escapism, suggesting that repeated use of the ride could lead individuals to prefer the imagined world over reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 37160 37169 2024-12-12T17:28:28.502354 2023-09-13T07:53:40.237116 text/html text/html 33171 2009-08-25T12:32:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 43574 2009-08-25T12:32:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 109842 2024-12-12T17:28:32.659328 application/epub+zip 108705 2024-12-12T17:28:30.422333 application/epub+zip 79743 2024-12-12T17:28:29.147337 application/epub+zip 260587 2024-12-12T17:28:34.382384 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253854 2024-12-12T17:28:31.920330 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153424 2022-09-13T17:44:41.074539 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31304 31204 2024-12-12T17:28:28.231561 2023-09-13T07:53:40.080101 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 31225 2009-08-25T12:32:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12007 2009-08-25T12:32:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20447 2024-12-12T17:28:34.530301 application/rdf+xml 14855 2024-12-12T17:28:29.711334 image/jpeg 3818 2024-12-12T17:28:29.437326 image/jpeg 110368 2024-12-12T17:28:28.513334 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia