Flame for the Future
- by William P. McGivern
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Flame for the Future,” as by P. F. Costello, in Amazing, October 1941.
In 1990 with worldwide war still underway, a Hitleresque Leader sends two lieutenants into the future to recruit soldiers from the super race that he is creating, but the lieutenants seem to find only a barren Earth where they discuss the situation and smoke their cigarettes.
—Michael Main
“The object before you is a Time Machine,” he said with repressed pride. “The result of our Ingenuity and skill. With it we will draw new support to our Cause. Two of my most trusted Lieutenants are to travel into the future to enlist the aid of the races which will be created by us.”
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: home time for the soldiers: 1990
- Far Future: destination time for the soldiers, a desolate world 500 years in the future
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Booths, Wardrobes, et al.: a cage, big enough for two soldiers
- Themes
- Fix the Present!: The Leader turns to the future for supersoldiers to save his present-day war effort.
- Real-World Tags
- World War II: still being fought in 1990
- Fictional Tags
- Future Wars: World War II has been going on for fifty years.
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Flame for the Future,” as by P. F. Costello, in Amazing, October 1941.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by William P. McGivern as by P. F. Costello
- canonical byline.“Flame for the Future” by William P. McGivern, in The Third Time Travel Megapack, unknown editors (Wildside Press, July 2015) [ebook].