The Six Fingers of Time
- by R. A. Lafferty
- Novelette
- Fantasy
- Adults
- Time Phenomena
- English
- “The Six Fingers of Time” by R. A. Lafferty, If, September 1960.
The story does not involve time travel, but it does have speeded-up time as in “The New Accelerator” by H. G. Wells.
—Fred Galvin
I awoke this morning to some very puzzling incidents. It seemed that time itself had stopped, or that the whole world had gone into super-slow motion.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1960 to 1969: presumed time period
- Themes
- Altered Metabolic Rates: There are advantages intellectual, monetary, and amorous in being able to enter the accelerated state at will.
- Become an Expert: There was no reason why he could not master anything in the world, when he could take off for fifteen minutes and gain fifteen hours.
- Get Rich Quick through Time Travel: With tellers counting their money, he interfered outrageously and enriched himself.
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Variants
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- “The Six Fingers of Time” by R. A. Lafferty, If, September 1960.
- alternative title.“Six Fingers of Time” by R. A. Lafferty, Argosy [UK], June 1971.
Translations
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- Dutch.
“De zes vingers van de tijd” [The six fingers of time] by R. A. Lafferty, in Negenhonderd grootmoeders (Meulenhoff, 1972). - French.
“Les six doigts du temps” [The six fingers of time] by R. A. Lafferty, in Le livre d'or de la science-fiction: R. A. Lafferty (Presses Pocket, October 1984. - German.
“Die sechs Finger der Zeit” [The six fingers of time] by R. A. Lafferty, in Die sechs Finger der Zeit, edited by Wolfgang Jeschke (Lichtenberg, 1971). - German.
“Die sechs Finger der Zeit” [The six fingers of time] by R. A. Lafferty, in 900 Grossmütter Band 1 (Fischer Taschenbuch, June 1974). - Italian.
“Le Sei Dita Del Tempo” [The six fingers of time] by R. A. Lafferty, Urania #852, 7 September 1980. - Japanese.
“時の六本指” [Six fingers of time], as by R・A・ラファティ, in 九百人のお祖母さん, February 1981.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by R. A. Lafferty as by R・A・ラファティ