Renaissance Man
by T. E. D. Klein
When the new time machine randomly grabs a random man from the future, all the waiting
bigwigs and reporters are delighted that they managed to catch a scientist for the
six-hour interview.
We knew we’d pull back someone from the Harvard Physics Department, because we’re
here in the building right now. But it could have been just anyone. We might have found ourselve questioning a college
freshman. . . Or a scrubwoman. . . Or
even a tourist visiting the lab.
“Renaissance Man” by T. E. D. Klein, in Space 2,
edited by Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, January 1974).