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The Variable Man

95 Ratings

3.7

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2H 47min
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Fantasy

'He fixed things-clocks, refrigerators, vidsenders and destinies. But he had no business in the future, where the calculators could not handle him. He was Earth's only hope-and its sure failure!'

Predictability has come a long way. The computers of the future can tell you if you're going to win a war before you fire a shot. Unfortunately they're predicting perpetual standoff between the Terran and Centaurian Empires.

What they need is something unpredictable, what they get is Thomas Cole, a man from the past accidently dragged forward in time. Will he fit their calculations, or is he the random variable that can break the stalemate?

The Variable Man first appeared in the September, 1953 issue of Space Science Fiction magazine.

© 2016 Anncona Media AB (Audiobook): 9789176053362
© 2017 Anncona Media AB (Ebook): 9789176053355

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Audiobook: 29 September 2016
Ebook: 1 November 2017

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