The Habit
- Eloi Bronze Medal
- by A. Bertram Chandler
- Short Story
- Fantasy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “The Habit” by A. Bertram Chandler, in Amazing, August 1960.
Pilot Tillot (still grieving over the recent loss of Valerie—yes, the car accident was quite likely his fault) and inventor Abbotsford set out to test the first FTL engine, which turns out to not move so quickly in space after all, although it does make some interesting moves in time.
I’ve seen this listed as a retrofitted alternate timeline story in Chandler’s Rim World series, but I haven’t read enough of that series to know where the FTL time machine would fit in. Stay tuned for updates.
I’ve seen this listed as a retrofitted alternate timeline story in Chandler’s Rim World series, but I haven’t read enough of that series to know where the FTL time machine would fit in. Stay tuned for updates.
He remembered then that he had been awakened that morning by just such a call.
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- “The Habit” by A. Bertram Chandler, in Amazing, August 1960.