Of Time and Texas

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Of Time and Texas, by William F. Nolan This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Of Time and Texas Author: William F. Nolan Release Date: May 20, 2009 [EBook #28893] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OF TIME AND TEXAS *** Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Twenty-eight-year-old William Nolan, another newcomer to the field, introduces us to the capricious Time Door of Professor C. Cydwick Ohms, guaranteed to solve the accumulated problems of the world of the year 2057. N ONE fell swoop," declared Professor C. Cydwick Ohms,"I releasing a thin blue ribbon of pipe- smoke and rocking back on his heels,of "—I intend to solve the greatest problem facing mankind today. Colonizing the Polar Wastes was a messy and fruitless business. And the Enforced Birth Controltime Program couldn't be enforced. Overpopulation still remains the thorn in our side. Gentlemen—" He paused toand look each of the assembled reporters in the eye. "—there is but one answer." "Mass annihilation?" quavered a cubtexas reporter. "Posh, boy! Certainly not!" The professor bristled. "The answer is—TIME!" by ... William F. Nolan "Time?