The green futures of Tycho by Sleator William

Author:Sleator, William
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science fiction, Time travel
Publisher: New York : Dutton
Published: 1981-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

There was an ominous feeling in the pit of his stomach as he examined it. The green end was more jeweUike than before, with a richer, warmer glow. It had a mysterious underwater quality now, that was quite hypnotic. He felt that if he stared into it long enough, he could see dim shapes moving deep within the jewel, far, far away. And around the middle there were two glittering filaments: one silver and the other red.

Clearly there were powers at work here, over which he had no control at all. He was not in command. The bleakness of the future he had glimpsed the night before came flooding back in a rush.

But maybe it wasn't hopeless. After all, he hadn't seen very much of the future. It was very likely that he had stumbled upon himself during an off^ moment. Perhaps if he went back, and got a fuller picture, it wouldn't be so bad after all.

Still, something urged him to stay away from the future. But once the idea of going back and checking it out more thoroughly occurred to him, he could not get rid of it. And what harm could he do? He had already been there. And this was basically a positive mission: to look for the good things. It was only fair. He owed it to himself.

He had been there from 11 A.M. to 2 p.m. All he had to do was arrive at 2:30 on the same day to avoid running into himself. And he didn't even have to make Ludwig more suspicious by sneaking outside again. He knew that his room would be unoccupied and basically unchanged. He could make the jump without even getting out of bed.

He put on the same traveling clothes. He carefully set the dials. He lay down in bed, pressed down on the jewel,

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