Old Ned recalls the time fifty years ago when his young friend Pete LeFranc set off for the
future despite Ned’s warning that time travel can lead to nothing but paradoxes. And, asks
Ned (anticipating Hawking), if time travel were so easy, then where are all the time
travelers from the future?
If yours works, there’ll be more time machines built. With more built, they’ll be
improved. They’ll get to be commonplace. People’d use them—and someone would turn
up here with one. Or in the past. Why haven’t we met time travelers, Pete?
DEBUT
“Absolutely No Paradox,” in Science Fiction Quarterly,May 1951.
VARIANTS
Debut. “Absolutely No Paradox,” in Science Fiction Quarterly,May 1951.
If yours works, there’ll be more time machines built. With more built, they’ll be
improved. They’ll get to be commonplace. People’d use them—and someone would turn
up here with one. Or in the past. Why haven’t we met time travelers, Pete?
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