Mackey.PA@Xerox.ARPA (04/02/84)
From: Kevin <Mackey.PA@Xerox.ARPA> I vaguely recall a short story I'd like to find again. The main character is a man who finds the pattern of stop lights in a city. He uses it to drive across town without ever having to stop. He demonstrates this new-found knowledge to his wife, who is unimpressed. Eventually he meets a woman who does appreciate this skill of his. They also share a kind of telepathic and telekinetic ability. Somehow they come to be in a skyscraper under construction, with the police chasing them (for some reason). There is an accident, and she falls to her death. Blaming himself, he commits suicide. Sounds pretty wierd, huh? I think that's because of how little of it I recall. It did have a nice mood and was well written, I think. Anyone recognize it? ~Kevin
jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) (04/16/84)
"All You Zombies," R.A. Heinlein, appears in several collections (4XH?).
``I know where *I* came from, but what about all you zombies?'' (Quoted
more or less accurately from memory.)
I wish to know the title of a time-travel story. In the story,
a man/woman journeys in time to seduce a woman/man. The time-
traveler takes the child conceived by this union back in time.
The child grows up to become the seduced parent. Furthermore
after the birth, this mother/father has a sex change operation,
comes upon a time machine, and thereby becomes father/mother
as well. Please give me information as to where I can find
this story as well as its title.
Robert Luoma
Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (USmail)
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John Quarterman, CS Dept., University of Texas, Austin, Texas
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