John R. Pierce

writer
Short Story

Pre-Vision


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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
Short Story

About Quarrels, about the Past


In addition to A.E. van Vogt’s “Secret Unattainable,” the July 1942 Astounding also had three short, short time travel stories as part of the magazine’s Probability Zero series. In this story, our narrator tells of the quirky Quarrels who took his time machine into the past—or we should say some past—to woo the winsome Nephertiti.
Well, didn’t you realize that this uncertainty holds for the past, too? I hadn’t until Quarrels pointed it out. All we have is a lot of incomplete data. Is it just because we’re stupid? Not at all. We can’t find a unique wave function.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story
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  • Science Fiction
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

Mr. Kinkaid’s Pasts


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  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

John Sze’s Future

  • by John R. Pierce
  • in Great Science Fiction by Scientists, edited by Groff Conklin (Collier Books, 1962)

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  • Undetermined Time Travel