Tune Out of Time
- by Philip E. High
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Tune Out of Time” by Philip E. High, in Step to the Stars, edited by Philip E. High (Cosmos Books, 2004).
Philip E. High was a prolific author, although not well known in the states. This story, first published when he was 89, tells the tale of the miraculous Mottram’s organ, which unexpectedly sends Alan Stapleton to the past (or is it the future?) on an obscure fragment of matter called Earth—and he may find himself in several other locations before he finds his way home.
I deduce that this device was locked on the past—who’s past, yours or ours? Time is relative, our future could be in your past or vice versa.
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- “Tune Out of Time” by Philip E. High, in Step to the Stars, edited by Philip E. High (Cosmos Books, 2004).