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Special Knowledge

by A. Bertram Chandler

A man in WW2 Britain trades minds with his descendant, an officer on a spaceship. They are shipwrecked on Venus, where his 20th century seaman’s experience saves the day.

— Dave Hook

“Special Knowledge” by A. Bertram Chandler, Astounding Science Fiction, February 1946.

Journey into Mystery #40

The Question That Can’t Be Answered!

by an unknown writer and John Forte

Reporter Ned Parker tries to expose a fraudulent hypnotist, but instead he ends up being hypnotized and sent into his look-alike descendant 500 years in the future.

— Michael Main

It was Ned who fell under the hypnotic trance. . . and Ned who responded to the commands of Jiminez!

“The Question That Can’t Be Answered!” by an unknown writer and John Forte, in Journey into Mystery #40 (Atlas Comics, November 1956).

The Mirror

by Marlys Millhiser

In 1978, a 20-year-old Boulder woman exchanges places with her grandmother in 1900 on the eve of their respective weddings.