After Professor Bertoldt delivers a speech about his theories on how to send a person back to
an earlier incarnation, he gets two visitors wanting to go back in time because they claim to
be Cleopatra and Antony.
I have hesitated to use a human until I can be positive that no psychic harm will result
to my subject. However, I do believe that last week I did succeed in sending a chimpanzee
back several generations. How far back, I can't be certain. We had a bit of difficulty in
communication.
DEBUT
“Appointment on the Barge,” in Microcosmic Tales, edited by Isaac Asimov et
al. (Taplinger, September 1980).
VARIANTS
Debut. “Appointment on the Barge,” in Microcosmic Tales, edited by Isaac Asimov et al. (Taplinger, September 1980).
I have hesitated to use a human until I can be positive that no psychic harm will result
to my subject. However, I do believe that last week I did succeed in sending a chimpanzee
back several generations. How far back, I can't be certain. We had a bit of difficulty in
communication.
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