After twenty years, Ash Sutton returns in a cracked-up ship without food, air or water—only
to report that the mysterious planet that nobody can visit is no threat to Earth. But a man
from the future insists that Sutton must be killed to stop a war in time; while Sutton
himself, who has developed metaphysical, religious leanings, finds a copy of This Is
Destiny, the very book that he is planning to write.
It would reach back to win its battles. It would strike at points in time and space which
would not even know that thre was a war. It could, logically, go back to the silver mines
of Athens, to the horse and chariot of Thutmosis III, to the sailing of Columbus.
DEBUT
Time and Again, in Galaxy,October to December 1950 [3-part
serial].
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Debut. Time and Again, in Galaxy,October to December 1950 [3-part serial].
It would reach back to win its battles. It would strike at points in time and space which
would not even know that thre was a war. It could, logically, go back to the silver mines
of Athens, to the horse and chariot of Thutmosis III, to the sailing of Columbus.
1 English variant