Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 67 — page 94: what you’re looking at

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‘He wanted to be the first— LONELY IMMORTAL by RON PAUL OHN WENDLE NIXON J strode briskly across the room and shook hands with the scientist. Professor Rand?” “i am.”’ “‘According to the Press,” said Nixon directly, “‘you:are able to give a man im- mortality ...”’ He ended with a purposeful abruptness that carried with it a question. Rand smiled. ““Newspapers are apt to over-emphasise the possibilities of a discovery and ignore the more practical implications. But—if you’re interested—I’ll explain.” He led the way to a small room off the main laboratory. “‘For many years,’ he be- gan, ““I—and my associates— have been studying time. After completing one particu- lar aspect, our findings were released. As I said a moment ago, the interpretation given *““You’re by the Press does not give © an accurate picture of the results we have achieved———”’ “Never mind all that,” interrupted Nixon. “Is im- mortality possible?” 93 “In theory—yes. But there are set-backs, Mr.—er——?”’ “Nixon, J. Wendle Nixon. You’ve probably heard of me.”’ “I can’t say I have... However, as I was about to say, we have experimented with various animals, and we can only assume the results were successful “But, don’t you know?” “Please, Mr. Nixon, if you would refrain from inter- rupting I could explain a little easier. It is all based on the supposition that time is a constant stream. We have built machines which set up an opposing force; this halts the time-stream for any object within five and a quarter feet from the machine. Naturally, its scope could be increased.” “But surely you know whether your experiments suc- ceeded or not!’’ said Nixon. “‘We expected the animals to disappear—they did. That’s all I can commit myself to say.” “You sent them back through time, then?’ conmicloooks.com