The Wind Whales of Ishmael Author:Philip Jose Farmer The earth never stopped shaking and the seas were dried up; the sun was a giant dying and the moon was falling; and most of life had taken to the air which was itself disappearing. But human nature had not changed as swiftly as the world in which it existed...and where there were whales, a whaler from another age would always find a home. — With... more » no more noise than a ghost gliding over the ocean, the sea disappeared.
Night was replaced by day.
The ship Rachel was falling.
And Ishmael, the lone survivor of Ahab's Pequod nd now of the Rachel, fell throught the empty sea-space and landed in another world.
Where he landed was a place on Earth, bt not of his time. Here, without seas, was a place of mighty whalers: of harpooners who flew thier boats more than sailed them; and whales who soared for the heights where the air was too thin for men, instead of diving for the deeps. Here, too, was the home of the Purple Beast of the stinging death, but here also was the key to mankind's future.« less