Eight Ball Blues
- Eloi Bronze Medal
- by Jack C. Haldeman II
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Eight Ball Blues” by Jack C. Haldeman II, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 1980.
A time traveler from the 21st century comes to a Florida bar to talk with pool shark Tucker “Skeeter” Moore about his choices in marriage and about saving the world.
Now wait a minute! I married—er, I’m going to marry—Betty-Ann?
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- “Eight Ball Blues” by Jack C. Haldeman II, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 1980.