... and it Comes out Here

By Lester Del Rey

There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... everything has a beginning and an end. But some men aren't sane; thus it isn’t always so!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781515405269

Lester Del Rey

Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.

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... and it Comes out Here

By Lester del Rey

2016 Positronic Publishing

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... and it Comes out Here

By Lester del Rey

There is one fact no sane man can quarrel with ... everything has a beginning and an end. But some men aren't sane; thus it isn’t always so!

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No, you’re wrong. I’m not your father’s ghost, even if I do look a bit like him. But it’s a longish story, and you might as well let me in. You will, you know, so why quibble about it? At least, you always have ... or do ... or will. I don’t know, verbs get all mixed up. We don’t have the right attitude toward tenses for a situation like this.

Anyhow, you’ll let me in. I did, so you will.

Thanks. You think you’re crazy, of course, but you’ll find out you aren’t. It’s just that things are a bit confused. And don’t look at the machine out there too long—until you get used to it, you’ll find it’s hard on the eyes, trying to follow where the vanes go. You’ll get used to it, of course, but it will take about thirty years.

You’re