After wandering around the fourth and fifth dimensions for some time, 20th century scientist
Theodore A. Addison rematerializes himself in a 28th century filled with many amazing
inventions and a war between the west and the Occidentals. In his review of the story, Robert
Jennings notes that “Every few paragraphs in the story everything stops as the protagonist
inquires about the science behind some future marvel.” In all, three stories were set in
this world, although only the first two (“The Silent Destroyer” and “The Sky Maniac”)
featured Addison; the third (“The Vanishing Fleet”), according to Everett F. Bleiler, was
an adventure set against the same background.
Apparently, Juve and his wife lived just down
the road from me (in Moscow, ID) while I was bean’ edicated in Pullman, but I didn’t know
of him then.
As they watched, paralyzed, the building and air barge fell apart and hurtled toward the
earth. The entire train had been split from end to end. The attacker now swung back and
the then darted away.
1 English variant