These are the Times
- Eloi Honorable Mention
- by John G. Hemry
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “These are the Times” by John G. Hemry, in Analog, November 2011.
Temporal Interventionist Tom and his implanted assistant Jeannie are at the start of the American Revolution, a decidedly TI-crowded time, when they run into Tom’s love interest Pam, another TI from Tom’s future who is trying to figure out who fired the first shot.
The steath-suited TI leveled a weapon, then droped as a stun charge hit. Moments later the other TI weo’d fired the stun charge fell, then two more TIs appeared and took out whoever had nailed the second TI. But then the stealth-suited TI reappeared, having recovered somewhen in the future and jumped back to try to finish the job.
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- “These are the Times” by John G. Hemry, in Analog, November 2011.