
In a cluttered laboratory, a renowned physicist reveals to his close circle that his life's work has been the pursuit of true time travel. He believes a hidden destiny ties his research to a pivotal moment involving his grandson Alan and Alan's fiancée, Ruth, whose presence seems to intensify the mystery. As the young couple listens, they are thrust into a choice that could alter more than just their own futures.
When Alan finally steps into the experimental device, the world dissolves into a strange, monochrome void, and he feels the pulse of an unseen current guiding him through ages. The narrative follows his bewildering first plunge into the past, the sensations of weightless travel, and the haunting question of what task history has set for him. Listeners are invited to share his awe, uncertainty, and the tantalizing promise that some moments are meant to be revisited.
Language
en
Duration
~25 minutes (24K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Fictioneers, Inc.,1942.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2022-10-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1887–1957
A prolific early science-fiction writer, he helped shape the pulp era with fast-moving adventures and imaginative ideas about time, space, and strange new worlds. He is especially remembered for stories like The Girl in the Golden Atom, which brought big cosmic wonder to magazine readers.
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