Appointment on the Barge
- by Jack Ritchie
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Appointment on the Barge” by Jack Ritchie, in Microcosmic Tales, edited by Isaac Asimov et al. (Taplinger, September 1980).
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.
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- “Appointment on the Barge” by Jack Ritchie, in Microcosmic Tales, edited by Isaac Asimov et al. (Taplinger, September 1980).