Project Gutenberg 2010-05-14 Public domain in the USA. 57 McGreevey, John 1922 2010 The Prophetic Camera Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. 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://www.gutenberg.org/files/32361/32361-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Photography -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 54637 54640 2024-10-13T15:17:57.398519 2023-09-14T08:03:10.605928 text/html text/html 51280 2010-05-14T10:25:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 134256 2010-05-14T10:25:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 145593 2024-10-13T15:18:00.265532 application/epub+zip 144503 2024-10-13T15:17:58.518530 application/epub+zip 69311 2024-10-13T15:17:57.848534 application/epub+zip 180044 2024-10-13T15:18:01.575531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173165 2024-10-13T15:17:59.991537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98297 2022-09-15T04:18:35.306925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46495 46400 2024-10-13T15:17:57.086554 2023-09-14T08:03:10.454945 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 46411 2010-05-14T10:25:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17895 2010-05-14T10:25:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20134 2024-10-13T15:18:01.705506 application/rdf+xml 25329 2024-10-13T15:17:58.307546 image/jpeg 4677 2024-10-13T15:17:58.075538 image/jpeg 136964 2024-10-13T15:17:57.408575 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