By my count, this was Asimov’s fourth foray into time travel, but his first as Dr.
Asimov. In the story, the dead Elmer Tywood also had a Ph.D. and a plan to translate a modern
chemistry textbook into Greek before sending it back in time to inaugurate a Golden Age of
science long before it actually occurred.
There was a short silence, then he said: “I’ll tell you. Why don’t you check with
his students?”
I lifted my eyebrows: “You mean in his classes?”
He seemed
annoyed: “No, for Heaven’s sake. His research students! His doctoral candidates!”
DEBUT
“The Red Queen’s Race,” in Astounding Science Fiction,January
1949.
VARIANTS
Debut. “The Red Queen’s Race,” in Astounding Science Fiction,January 1949.
There was a short silence, then he said: “I’ll tell you. Why don’t you check with
his students?”
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