The Histronaut
by Paul Seabury
Political scientist Paul Seabury, an expert on U.S. foreign policy during the cold war,
wrote just one sf story speculating on how a cadre of time travelers, one of whom is
assigned to Vladimir Lenin, might become the next weapon of choice for the war-prevention
strategy of mutually assured destruction.
Janet and I spent an enjoyable Saturday morning tracking down this single extant photo of Professor Seabury.
As Professor Schlesinger pointed out, some Soviet historians doubtless were already
preparing the assassination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Florida in 1933—so
that the “historically necessary” contradictions of capitalism would emerge in the
administration of President John Nance Garner.
“The Histronaut” by Paul Seabury, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1963.