The Lloyd Biggle, Jr. MEGAPACK ™: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Lloyd Biggle, Jr. by Lloyd Biggle Jr

Author:Lloyd Biggle Jr. [Biggle Jr., Lloyd]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: science fiction, classic, short stories, sci-fi, sf
ISBN: 9781479409068
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2014-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

“That’s no lie,” he said.

They settled themselves on uncomfortable seats at the far end of the concourse and looked around. Allen stared at a clock.

“Screwy time they have here,” he said, “That clock says five after eleven. My watch says five to one. How about yours?”

“Five to one,” Ann said.

“What should we do? I guess we’ve proved there’s such a place as Kroywen. Shall we go back?”

“It might look funny if we went back right away.”

“True. So we’ve proved there is a Kroywen, but where is it? I’d like to know...What’s the matter?”

Ann’s elbow had dug sharply at his ribs. “The second hand on that clock is running backwards,” she said.

Allen studied it, “So is the minute hand.” And a few minutes later, “So is the hour hand.”

Ann looked at her watch. “Then when we have one o’clock, they have eleven o’clock. And when we have...”

“Two, they have ten. And so on. It’s just like our time, only in reverse.”

Ann was studying the Boolg, Incorporated, sign. “Boolg,” she said. “Now if you spell that backwards...”

Allen did so, mouthing it slowly. He turned to Ann. “Gloob! The Gloob Travel Agency!”

“And this town. Kroywen. Could that be...”

“New York!”

“It must be.”

“It’s somebody’s idea of a joke.”

“We’re here, aren’t we?”

“But where are we?” Allen said. “Something like twenty seconds from Centralia, and New York is nearly six hundred miles. And which way did we go? East, or west, or straight down?”

“I was just thinking of something Gloob’s assistant said. Remember? He said we may find the people a bit backward.”

Allen shrugged. “Shall we take a quick look at the town?”

“We might as well. I’ve never been to New York.”

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