HW: 100 word SF: This Very Spot

[Christian000Mumford]

All this story does though, is say that the guy did not calulate where in
space the Earth would be (positioned) at the time of destination, which is
stupid and his own fault, if he had brains enough to build a time machine
in the first place... (but yes, it would still make a good HW tune :)

Chr.

>
> This would make a great HW song.  Anybody want to write some lyrics?
>
> Brian
>
> >> From: schnitzi at east.isx.com
> >> Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
> >> Subject: 100 word SF: This Very Spot
> >> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 18:15:30 GMT
> >>
> >> The equations added up.
> >>
> >> Though time travel was never expressly forbidden by the laws of
> >> physics, no one had yet figured out a way -- until Lars came along.
> >>
> >> "I shall see you in ten years, at this very spot."  Brazenly, he
> >> added:  "Have my Nobel Prize waiting for me."
> >>
> >> He stepped into the machine and shunted.
> >>
> >> Suddenly his skin was alive with fire.  Before they vaporized, his
> >> eyes caught a glimpse of a billion stars.
> >>
> >> Lars thought, "Well, I suppose the Earth *was* in this very spot,
> >> ten years ago."  And his blood boiled away into the vacuum of space.
> >>
> >>
> >> --Mark
>


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