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In the short story “, A Sound Of Thunder,” time travel is possible and a company named Time Safari Inc offers extreme hunters the chance to travel back in time to hunt extinct creatures like dinosaurs. A hunter named Eckels pays $10,000 to join a hunting Trip that will travel back 65 million years. In the beginning Travis, the guide, is explaining to him that multiple people died last year hunting trying to make Eckels aware that it is not a guarantee you come back alive. Eckles shows no fear and he signs the check that signs him up for the trip. So sometime later it is time to go on the hunting trip So he meets them at the time machine at time Safari Inc then they go back in time for An unforgettable hunt

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