Anachron
- by Damon Knight
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Anachron” by Damon Knight, in If, January 1954.
Brother Number One invents a machine that can extract things and place things in elsewhen, but only if the acts don’t interfere with free will; Brother Number Two tries to steal the machine.
“By God and all the saints,” he said. “Time travel.”
Harold snorted impatiently. “My dear Peter, ‘time’ is a meaningless word taken by itself, just as ‘space’ is.”
“But barring that, time travel.”
“If you like, yes.”
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- “Anachron” by Damon Knight, in If, January 1954.