A Matter of Time: A Romance of Genealogy
- by Robert Reginald
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “A Matter of Time: A Romance of Genealogy” by Robert Reginald, in Katydid & Other Critters, edited by Robert Reginald (Ariadne Press, June 2001).
When Jake Smith’s neighbor—Stratton Bundford Audray, Ph.D.—invents a time machine, Jake volunteers to be the first human traveler in order to solve a vexing problem about his own ancestry.
I’ve been tracing my family tree, and ’ve reached this dead end, because Smith is such a common name, and I’d really like to volunteer to make the first manned expedition into the past.
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- “A Matter of Time: A Romance of Genealogy” by Robert Reginald, in Katydid & Other Critters, edited by Robert Reginald (Ariadne Press, June 2001).