The man who mastered time

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The man who mastered time

by Ray Cummings

EN·~5 hours·18 chapters

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18 total
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THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME - RAY CUMMINGS - ACE BOOKS - A Division of A. A. Wyn, Inc. 23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N. Y. - THE MAN WHO MASTERED TIME - Copyright, 1929, by Ray Cummings An Ace Book, by arrangement with the author. - To Gabrielle Who has given me affectionate assistance for a long, long time. - Printed in U. S. A.

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CHAPTER ONE

19:59
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CHAPTER TWO

20:01
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CHAPTER THREE

19:05
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CHAPTER FOUR

26:59
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CHAPTER FIVE

25:43
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CHAPTER SIX

26:04
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CHAPTER SEVEN

20:06
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CHAPTER EIGHT

16:47
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CHAPTER NINE

15:36

Description

In a modest conference room, a handful of businessmen, doctors, and a chemist gather around a charismatic speaker named Rogers, who insists that time is not a separate backdrop but an integral property of space and matter. He challenges their comfortable assumptions with a simple, almost playful analogy—a house must have length, breadth, thickness, and duration to exist—drawing them into a fresh, unsettling view of reality. The dialogue crackles as each man wrestles with the idea that motion, too, is the simultaneous shift of both position and moment. Their skepticism fuels a charged atmosphere, setting the stage for something far beyond ordinary scientific debate.

Rogers promises a groundbreaking project that could rewrite humanity’s relationship with chronology itself, and the assembled group finds themselves torn between curiosity and dread. As he outlines a daring experiment that blurs the line between past and present, the stakes rise, hinting at consequences that could ripple through their personal lives and the world at large. Listeners are drawn into a tense, intellectually driven adventure that asks what would happen if we could truly master the flow of time.

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en

Duration

~5 hours (313K characters)

Release date

2025-07-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ray Cummings

Ray Cummings

1887–1957

A prolific early science fiction writer, he helped shape the fast-moving, idea-packed style of the pulp era. His stories ranged from cosmic adventures to strange scientific marvels, and many first appeared in the magazines that introduced generations of readers to science fiction.

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