The Astronomical Hazards of the Tobacco Habit
- by Dean McLaughlin
- Short Story
- Science Fiction, Comedy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “The Astronomical Hazards of the Tobacco Habit” by Dean McLaughlin, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Summer 1977.
Whenever an effect of an action occurs before that action itself (i.e., an endochronic property), I consider it to be time travel, with the canonical example being Asimov’s Thiotimoline research first published in 1948. According to McLaughlin, Asimov continued that research, using the profits to establish a foundation that funds further research into such phenomena.
Dr. Isaac Asimov
Director: Thiotimoline Research Foundation
Trantor MA31416
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- “The Astronomical Hazards of the Tobacco Habit” by Dean McLaughlin, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Summer 1977.