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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Flight From Time - -Author: Alfred Coppel - -Release Date: February 27, 2021 [eBook #64647] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FLIGHT FROM TIME *** - - - - - FLIGHT FROM TIME - - By ALFRED COPPEL - - The meteor-smashed clock at first meant nothing. - Malenson had all the time in the cosmos. Too late, he - discovered there can be such a thing as too much time. - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Planet Stories Winter 1949. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -A long career of cutting corners had taught Malenson the importance of -timing. Time, he had long ago concluded, was the fabric from which were -cut the garments of poverty or greatness. And since Malenson had no -love for the simple life, it naturally followed that he should turn his -talents toward the amassing of wealth with the least possible waste of -the precious commodity ... time. - -He didn't bother to conceal his crime. He only timed it well. And -following his carefully thought out plans further, he boarded his ship -at the proper instant and vanished into the interstellar fastnesses -with five million irridium dollars in coin and government certificates. - -A galaxy, he reflected, would make a perfect hiding place. One would -have only to look at the girdle of the Milky Way on a clear night to -see the logic of his choice. Among a billion billion stars separated -by light years of brooding emptiness, one man in a small ship would -be a fantastically difficult thing to find. Easier by far it would be -to find one particular grain of sand on the seashore, than to locate -Malenson within the vast limbo of the galaxy. - -Only if he made a planetfall on one of the colonized worlds could he be -found, and Malenson was no fool. His ship was fueled and provisioned -for twelve years in space. With care and a strict system of rationing, -he could stretch it out to fifteen years. And at the end of that time -he could return safely with his millions, for an enlightened penal -system had long ago assigned statutes of limitation to all felonies. - -Nor would exile be an unbearable thing. The three hundred foot ship was -packed with reading tapes, classical and popular recordings, all manner -of occupational therapy devices, and old fashioned books. - -Only human companionship was missing, and to Malenson that meant -nothing. He had lived a lonely life, isolated from his fellows by a -profound sense of his own superiority. He had no love for humanity. - -So Malenson and his treasure ship fled from the world of men. Up from -the spaceport and into the void he went. As soon as he had cleared the -atmosphere, he cut in the second order drive and lifted clear of the -ecliptic plane at better than light speed. - -Malenson was no navigator, but his spacecraft was fool-proof, and -relying on that fact he drove upward and outward from Earth toward the -celestial pole. Leisurely, he settled himself for the first short leg -of his long voyage. He was completely at ease, for pursuit in second -order flight was impossible. - -Exactly seventy hours elapsed before he cut the drive for a look around -him. The ship was in a moderately starred region of the galaxy. He -could still make out most of the familiar constellations. Ursa Major -lay ahead and to the right; Cygnus, a trifle distorted lay overhead. -And the beacon stars Rigel, Altair and Sirius were easily recognizable. -Sol had dwindled to a yellow star of the third magnitude. - -Malenson smiled with satisfaction and pointed the ship's nose at the -bright vee of Taurus. The red eye of Aldebaran would make an excellent -check point, and his trajectory would be well above Sol and the regular -shipping lanes. Then he cut in the drive again and went to bed. - - * * * * * - -Six hours later he awoke. Food, automatically prepared in the galley -awaited him. He ate and made his way to the control room. He checked -the operation of the automatic controls and settled down before the -forward ports to watch the sky. Travelling above light speed played -strange tricks on his vision. Looking out into the galactic night, it -seemed that all the stars were grouped in a distorted mass directly -in front of the plunging ship. It was illusion, Malenson knew, but -the weird spectacle vaguely disturbed him. He quite illogically felt -constrained to cut the drive and check his position. He knew, of course -that he was nowhere near Aldebaran yet, but he could not control the -sudden urge to see the stars in their proper places. - -He cut the drive. - -Malenson realized his mistake immediately, for the ship was in -the middle of a small meteor swarm. In second order flight it was -inviolate, but primary flight slowed it to a point where meteor danger -was a real consideration. - -Alarm bells jangled and the screen went to work. The bells would have -meant an immediate shift back into second order flight to any really -experienced spaceman, but Malenson was new to interstellar navigating. -He sat and stared stupidly at the danger signals on the panel. - -Still, the ship was an almost perfect machine. Certainly it saved -Malenson's life. Only one small meteor penetrated the deflectors -and crashed through the hull. Malenson flung himself to the deck -instinctively as the tiny missile streaked hotly through the oxygen -rich air of the control room. Immediately the self sealing insulation -stopped all loss of pressure in the ship, and a repair unit set to work -mending the break in the hull plates. But the meteor itself careened -through the control room and ripped into the center panel with a -smashing of glass and tearing of metal. - -Malenson picked himself up and ran to the panel, panic-stricken. He -inspected the damage carefully and heaved a sigh of relief. Nothing -vital was destroyed. Only the master-chronometer and some lesser -indicators were hit. - -Then Malenson frowned. Without the master timepiece no clock on board -would run, since they were all only terminals of the master system. -He hurried to his stateroom and checked the wall clock. It smelled of -burnt insulation. He pried the face loose and peered at its vitals. -They were a mess of fused cogs and wires. A quick check throughout the -ship showed that every clock was in the same useless condition. Even -if he had been mechanic enough to repair them ... which he was not ... -they were each and every one a hopeless tangle of burnt out innards. -The meteor had short circuited the entire timekeeping system of the -ship. - -[Illustration: _The master-chronometer was a mess of fused cogs and -wires._] - -He returned to the control room with some misgivings. The loss of the -clocks was no death blow to his kind of trial and error navigation. But -it did promise to be a serious inconvenience in the regulation of his -life in the timelessness of deep space. He still had his wristwatch, -of course, but it was a very delicate ornamental sort of thing, not -intended for hard usage. - -Still, he reflected brightening somewhat, since his exile was to be -measured in years and not minutes and hours, the wristwatch would -serve. The star-charts and stellar analyzers that could identify any -star would do for navigation. He might become misplaced, but to lose -himself completely was impossible. He relied mightily on the fact that -his ship was, in fact, fool-proof. - -He kept the nose pointed at Taurus and cut in the second order drive -again. The rest of the day, he spent in the library, laying out the -reading he planned to do for the next few months. - - * * * * * - -A week later, the ship had passed through Taurus, skirted the Hyades, -and was heading outward toward the galactic periphery. It was there -that Malenson entertained a slight hope of finding a habitable -uncolonized world. And there he could wander for years without the -remotest chance of running into any representatives of the Galactic -Confederation. - -Two weeks later, his wristwatch stopped. - -Cursing disgustedly, Malenson shook the recalcitrant bit of jewelry. It -ticked fitfully once or twice and stopped. He decided that it must be -in need of cleaning. He realized full well that he was not qualified to -attempt such a delicate operation, but he also recognized the fact that -there was little he could do about it. He needed the watch, and clean -it he must; even though he hadn't the vaguest notion of how the thing -was done. - -Arming himself with alcohol, lens tissue, pliers and a tiny -screwdriver, he set to work. Soon all the intestines of the tiny -machine lay on the table before him. With great care he cleaned each -part and reassembled them. But when he had finished, the watch would -not run. The close work and the lack of success began to wear on him. -Malenson did not take kindly to failure. A second time he dismantled -the watch and a second time assembled it. The watch stubbornly refused -to tick. With a disgusted curse Malenson repeated the process. Still -no success. By now his hands were trembling hopelessly, and he knew he -should let the job go for a few hours before attempting it again. But -Malenson was a stubborn man. A fourth time the watch was dismembered -and reassembled. And a fifth time. By now he could not hold the tiny -wheels steady enough to mount them on the almost microscopic shafts. -His fingers felt like thumbs. When finally the watch was closed up for -the sixth time and still would not run, a sudden surge of illogical -rage shook him and he slammed the watch furiously against the wall. It -dissolved into a miniature shambles of thread-fine springs and tiny -wheels. Still raging, he ground the remains to bits under his heel and -strode angrily into the galley for a long pull at the brandy bottle.... - -An indeterminate time later, Malenson staggered up the long -companionway and into his stateroom. Drugged with liquor, he sank down -on his bunk and dropped into fitful, uneasy, slumber. - - * * * * * - -There was no way of telling how long he had slept. When he awoke, he -hurried foggily to the control room and cut the second order drive. The -configuration of the stars seemed much the same as he had last seen -it ... how long ago? - -Depressed, and somehow still tired, he cut the drive in again and made -his way to the galley. Hot coffee made him feel better, shaking some of -the haziness out of his mind. - -He strove with care to evaluate his situation. There was nothing to -worry about, he told himself. The ship was operating perfectly. The -only thing that was lacking was a way to compute the passage of time. -He half-smiled at that, thinking of his pride in a "sense" of timing. -Still, he reflected, perhaps the natural functions of his body would -serve. He prided himself on being a methodical, systematic man; one of -regular habits. - -A gnawing doubt began to eat at his mind. Was that enough? Perhaps -it would be wise to construct a timepiece. How? He racked his memory -trying to recall the various clocks of the ancients. A mechanical clock -was out of the question. He simply hadn't the skill or the materials -necessary for its construction. The episode with the watch proved -that all too well. An hour glass then? A careful search of the ship -was unrewarding. There was nothing that could be made into an hour -glass, nor any way to calibrate such a device even if he could make -one. A water clock, perhaps? The same objections. And his own lack of -know-how. Malenson was no scientist or hobbyist. He was first and last -a man of business. Still he did not want to give up easily. A candle -clock. Immediately he recognized that idea as impractical. - -He didn't have the technical understanding of his ship necessary to -use its speed for the computation of time. In fact the only thing he -knew about the ship was that it traveled faster than light. How much -faster, he had never found out. It had been enough for his purposes -to know that it travelled faster or as fast as any type of vessel in -the Confederation. And even if he had known how to make the necessary -calculations, what was needed was something that would divide twelve or -fifteen years into days, hours, minutes. - -Radio reception was out. Each of the colonized worlds had an Earth-type -atmosphere ... complete with Heavyside Layer. And the radar beams that -could pierce the layer would be swarming with freighters, liners -and ... Patrol ships. Malenson was certain that by now every patrolman -in the known cosmos was alerted for the appearance of a ship of -Malenson's type. And detention meant an end to a dream of wealth. -Prison. - -What was the answer, then? - -The answer was ... _no_ answer. - -Malenson, possessed of the finest machine ever devised by the mind of -man, and the greatest hoard of wealth in recent times ... was reduced -to keeping track of time by the movements of his digestive tract and a -series of scratches on the wall of the control room. - -At the time he could see the irony of it. He even laughed ... then. - -Time dragged on sluggishly. What might have been weeks passed by in -a seemingly endless cycle of sleeps and meals. Every time he awoke -Malenson would cut the drive and check his position. And always, the -bright beacon stars stared back at him, little changed. - -Slowly, the line of scratches on the control room wall grew. Malenson -lived in a timeless limbo amidst the vast, unchanging emptiness of -the galactic periphery. For weeks and months at a time, he would lose -himself in the sparsely starred outer marches. Then he would find his -position again, an agonizingly short distance from the last fix given -him by star-chart and analyzer. Lethargically, the ship crawled across -parsecs of space, a hollow shell of life amid the cosmic desolation of -the great edge. - -A year passed. Two. Malenson knew he was safe now. No patrol ship could -follow his aimless wanderings. But the ten year statute of limitations -remained uppermost in his mind. He realized that he was assigning an -arbitrary value to his days and months, thus he decided that he must -stay in space for the full time allowed by his supplies. He could not -risk a miscalculation. - - * * * * * - -The solitude did not affect him. Malenson had no desire for -companionship. And the library of the ship absorbed much of his time. -He read great tomes and thin monographs, passionate novels and cold -texts. And he could _feel_ time slipping by. - -At the end of his fourth calculated year, Malenson noticed his -feverishness. It was a slight thing. He felt perfectly well. But his -temperature stood at 100.6. His curiosity aroused, he confined himself -to the ship's infirmary for a month. Except for a periodical trip to -the control room for a star sight, he remained under the UV lamps. -He took large doses of streptomycin XXV. But he did not feel in the -least alarmed when the fever refused to leave him. He merely adapted -himself.... - -In his eighth year in space Malenson abandoned any hope of finding a -habitable planet. He had located five planetary systems among some nine -hundred stars. But none of the globes were even remotely suitable for -the support of humanoid life. Mostly they were great gassy worlds of -frozen methane and ammonia. The few low gravity planets were generally -so close to their primaries as to be parched wastelands with surface -temperatures near the melting point of lead. - -It was at this point in his odyssey that Malenson's thoughts began to -drift homeward. Many sleeps were spent in calculations and trial and -error navigation before the ship's nose was turned inward toward the -center of the galactic lens. Finally, Malenson was ready to begin the -long voyage home. - -The loneliness had changed him, he knew. Not that he had once missed -the nearness of mere people. Malenson felt himself above such a need. -And there was the money in the hold to keep him company. More and more -of his time was spent down there, fondling his wealth. The feel of the -coins and the crisp irridium certificates more than made up for the -solitude. Uncounted hours would slip by while he sat contentedly in -the midst of his loot ... or was it days? Malenson had stopped trying -to discover. - -The library had lost its appeal for him now. He had finished the -majority of the books now, and strangely the reading tapes and -recordings seemed to drag unbearably. It was getting so that he could -hardly understand the mouthings that emanated from the speakers, and -the vision screens were turgid masses of dark, muddy colors. Something, -he decided, had gone wrong with the projection apparatus. - -The dawning of his tenth year in limbo was the occasion for a -celebration. The statute of limitation was explicit in his particular -form of larceny. It stated that should the case be unprosecuted for ten -solar years, the crime was stricken from the records and an unequivocal -pardon granted. Before Malenson's case, the law had never been evoked. -But now at last the time was up. Malenson was free. - -He was only three years from Sol now, according to his estimate. He had -been careful to allow for the seemingly reduced speed of the ship. But -he was still unwilling to take any unnecessary chances. He realized -that he could have made a considerable error in his timing. It was even -possible, he reflected, that he was as much as a year off. Perhaps -even two. So Malenson decided that having waited this long, he could -wait yet a bit longer. He had become quite adapted to his artificial -environment now, and another two or three years in space would be no -great hardship. He set his course for the Centaurian System before -heading for home. This slight detour would bring him into Sol's family -at just the right time. Fifteen years, he calculated, from the time of -his departure. - -That night ... or what passed for night in the timeless void ... -Malenson celebrated his freedom. - - * * * * * - -Time slipped by in an endless, formless night. He began to notice that -he was aging. The mirror in his stateroom showed lines and wrinkles in -his face that had not been there when he fled Earth. He had been just -forty when the flight began. He looked fifty three or four now, at -least. It confirmed his computations. His timing was still right.... - -It was a long time later that the Centaurian System slipped astern. He -was in the infirmary at the time and did not even notice. Long solitude -had dulled his perceptions. He was totally engrossed in the evidence of -his thermometer. It registered a body temperature of 117.8. That wasn't -possible, he knew. A man couldn't stand such a temperature. Yet he was -perfectly well. The instrument, he decided, was faulty. He had not felt -feverish since that first time long, long ago. He abandoned the sterile -whiteness of the infirmary for the hold and the silent companionship of -his money. He was happy there. - -The food was gone now, and though there was plenty of fuel in the -tanks, the ship was nearing Sol. It had been many, many sleeps since -Malenson had bothered to cut the drive for a position check. He sat -contentedly with his money, oblivious to all else. - -But his ship was still a perfect machine. It arced down into the -ecliptic plane, cutting the stellar drive automatically. The ship -shifted smoothly into primary flight and spiralled in toward Earth. -It set itself a stable orbit around the home planet and waited, alarm -bells ringing. - -The Earth spread out into a green carpet under the slowly descending -spaceship. Malenson sat stiffly in the control chair, eyes drinking in -the forgotten beauty of his home world. The ship sank through a layer -of fleecy clouds toward the spaceport. Buildings took shape out of the -formless mass of the ground. Malenson frowned. Things looked just the -same. One would have thought that changes would take place in fifteen -years. - -He caught a glimpse of his own reflection in the glass of the port. It -angered him suddenly that the years should have been so sparing with -Earth and so cruel to him. He had aged more than he thought.... He felt -very tired.... - -Very gently, the ship sank to a landing on the busy ramp. The -generators sighed, and fell silent. Malenson smiled thinly. His timing -was still good. He locked the hold carefully and made his way to the -valve. The long unused mechanism worked smoothly and quickly. Malenson -stepped out.... - -A circle of resolute patrolmen surrounded him, hands on their weapons. -He stared at them in stunned disbelief. - -A young inspector shouldered his way through the file. He spoke words -that Malenson heard only dimly through the sudden roaring in his ears. - -"You are under arrest, Malenson," the inspector said shortly. - - * * * * * - -_Subject: Report on Prisoner Malenson, File No. 8,697,032_ - -_To: Wilton, Chief Penologist, Luna Criminal Detention Center_ - -_From: Berry, Director North American Geriatrics Institute_ - -_1. Transfer of subject prisoner to this institution is confirmed._ - -_2. Cursory examination reveals that the prisoner is a victim of -acutely accelerated general metabolism._ - -_3. An interview with the prisoner reveals that he is firmly convinced -that he recently spent a period of fifteen years in space, whereas port -records conclusively prove that he was absent from Earth for a period -of only twenty two months (Ref. N'york Sp. Log 2/890 Pages 867,1098). -His condition is perfectly suited to the experimental work now being -conducted here, as I suspected. There is an excellent possibility that -we may be able to correlate the clinical data of his case with our own -hypotheses and so ascertain exactly to what extent senility is the -product of psychological conditioning rather than chronological age as -heretofore believed._ - -_4. Prognosis negative. In the case of Prisoner Malenson himself, -we are unable to prescribe treatment. All efforts to retard his -fantastically high metabolism rate have failed. His body temperature is -now normal at 120.6° Fahrenheit, and his pulse steady at 140/minute. -Definite indications of senescence are appearing. Symptoms of incipient -ataxic aphasia have been detected._ - -_5. Death from advanced senility predicted within thirty days._ - -_Signed: Berry, NAGI Director._ - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FLIGHT FROM TIME *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part -of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project -Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm -concept and trademark. 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Too late, he<br /> -discovered there can be such a thing as too much time.</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Planet Stories Winter 1949.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>A long career of cutting corners had taught Malenson the importance of -timing. Time, he had long ago concluded, was the fabric from which were -cut the garments of poverty or greatness. And since Malenson had no -love for the simple life, it naturally followed that he should turn his -talents toward the amassing of wealth with the least possible waste of -the precious commodity ... time.</p> - -<p>He didn't bother to conceal his crime. He only timed it well. And -following his carefully thought out plans further, he boarded his ship -at the proper instant and vanished into the interstellar fastnesses -with five million irridium dollars in coin and government certificates.</p> - -<p>A galaxy, he reflected, would make a perfect hiding place. One would -have only to look at the girdle of the Milky Way on a clear night to -see the logic of his choice. Among a billion billion stars separated -by light years of brooding emptiness, one man in a small ship would -be a fantastically difficult thing to find. Easier by far it would be -to find one particular grain of sand on the seashore, than to locate -Malenson within the vast limbo of the galaxy.</p> - -<p>Only if he made a planetfall on one of the colonized worlds could he be -found, and Malenson was no fool. His ship was fueled and provisioned -for twelve years in space. With care and a strict system of rationing, -he could stretch it out to fifteen years. And at the end of that time -he could return safely with his millions, for an enlightened penal -system had long ago assigned statutes of limitation to all felonies.</p> - -<p>Nor would exile be an unbearable thing. The three hundred foot ship was -packed with reading tapes, classical and popular recordings, all manner -of occupational therapy devices, and old fashioned books.</p> - -<p>Only human companionship was missing, and to Malenson that meant -nothing. He had lived a lonely life, isolated from his fellows by a -profound sense of his own superiority. He had no love for humanity.</p> - -<p>So Malenson and his treasure ship fled from the world of men. Up from -the spaceport and into the void he went. As soon as he had cleared the -atmosphere, he cut in the second order drive and lifted clear of the -ecliptic plane at better than light speed.</p> - -<p>Malenson was no navigator, but his spacecraft was fool-proof, and -relying on that fact he drove upward and outward from Earth toward the -celestial pole. Leisurely, he settled himself for the first short leg -of his long voyage. He was completely at ease, for pursuit in second -order flight was impossible.</p> - -<p>Exactly seventy hours elapsed before he cut the drive for a look around -him. The ship was in a moderately starred region of the galaxy. He -could still make out most of the familiar constellations. Ursa Major -lay ahead and to the right; Cygnus, a trifle distorted lay overhead. -And the beacon stars Rigel, Altair and Sirius were easily recognizable. -Sol had dwindled to a yellow star of the third magnitude.</p> - -<p>Malenson smiled with satisfaction and pointed the ship's nose at the -bright vee of Taurus. The red eye of Aldebaran would make an excellent -check point, and his trajectory would be well above Sol and the regular -shipping lanes. Then he cut in the drive again and went to bed.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Six hours later he awoke. Food, automatically prepared in the galley -awaited him. He ate and made his way to the control room. He checked -the operation of the automatic controls and settled down before the -forward ports to watch the sky. Travelling above light speed played -strange tricks on his vision. Looking out into the galactic night, it -seemed that all the stars were grouped in a distorted mass directly -in front of the plunging ship. It was illusion, Malenson knew, but -the weird spectacle vaguely disturbed him. He quite illogically felt -constrained to cut the drive and check his position. He knew, of course -that he was nowhere near Aldebaran yet, but he could not control the -sudden urge to see the stars in their proper places.</p> - -<p>He cut the drive.</p> - -<p>Malenson realized his mistake immediately, for the ship was in -the middle of a small meteor swarm. In second order flight it was -inviolate, but primary flight slowed it to a point where meteor danger -was a real consideration.</p> - -<p>Alarm bells jangled and the screen went to work. The bells would have -meant an immediate shift back into second order flight to any really -experienced spaceman, but Malenson was new to interstellar navigating. -He sat and stared stupidly at the danger signals on the panel.</p> - -<p>Still, the ship was an almost perfect machine. Certainly it saved -Malenson's life. Only one small meteor penetrated the deflectors -and crashed through the hull. Malenson flung himself to the deck -instinctively as the tiny missile streaked hotly through the oxygen -rich air of the control room. Immediately the self sealing insulation -stopped all loss of pressure in the ship, and a repair unit set to work -mending the break in the hull plates. But the meteor itself careened -through the control room and ripped into the center panel with a -smashing of glass and tearing of metal.</p> - -<p>Malenson picked himself up and ran to the panel, panic-stricken. He -inspected the damage carefully and heaved a sigh of relief. Nothing -vital was destroyed. Only the master-chronometer and some lesser -indicators were hit.</p> - -<p>Then Malenson frowned. Without the master timepiece no clock on board -would run, since they were all only terminals of the master system. -He hurried to his stateroom and checked the wall clock. It smelled of -burnt insulation. He pried the face loose and peered at its vitals. -They were a mess of fused cogs and wires. A quick check throughout the -ship showed that every clock was in the same useless condition. Even -if he had been mechanic enough to repair them ... which he was not ... -they were each and every one a hopeless tangle of burnt out innards. -The meteor had short circuited the entire timekeeping system of the -ship.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> - <div class="caption"> - <p><i>The master-chronometer was a mess of fused cogs and wires.</i></p> - </div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>He returned to the control room with some misgivings. The loss of the -clocks was no death blow to his kind of trial and error navigation. But -it did promise to be a serious inconvenience in the regulation of his -life in the timelessness of deep space. He still had his wristwatch, -of course, but it was a very delicate ornamental sort of thing, not -intended for hard usage.</p> - -<p>Still, he reflected brightening somewhat, since his exile was to be -measured in years and not minutes and hours, the wristwatch would -serve. The star-charts and stellar analyzers that could identify any -star would do for navigation. He might become misplaced, but to lose -himself completely was impossible. He relied mightily on the fact that -his ship was, in fact, fool-proof.</p> - -<p>He kept the nose pointed at Taurus and cut in the second order drive -again. The rest of the day, he spent in the library, laying out the -reading he planned to do for the next few months.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>A week later, the ship had passed through Taurus, skirted the Hyades, -and was heading outward toward the galactic periphery. It was there -that Malenson entertained a slight hope of finding a habitable -uncolonized world. And there he could wander for years without the -remotest chance of running into any representatives of the Galactic -Confederation.</p> - -<p>Two weeks later, his wristwatch stopped.</p> - -<p>Cursing disgustedly, Malenson shook the recalcitrant bit of jewelry. It -ticked fitfully once or twice and stopped. He decided that it must be -in need of cleaning. He realized full well that he was not qualified to -attempt such a delicate operation, but he also recognized the fact that -there was little he could do about it. He needed the watch, and clean -it he must; even though he hadn't the vaguest notion of how the thing -was done.</p> - -<p>Arming himself with alcohol, lens tissue, pliers and a tiny -screwdriver, he set to work. Soon all the intestines of the tiny -machine lay on the table before him. With great care he cleaned each -part and reassembled them. But when he had finished, the watch would -not run. The close work and the lack of success began to wear on him. -Malenson did not take kindly to failure. A second time he dismantled -the watch and a second time assembled it. The watch stubbornly refused -to tick. With a disgusted curse Malenson repeated the process. Still -no success. By now his hands were trembling hopelessly, and he knew he -should let the job go for a few hours before attempting it again. But -Malenson was a stubborn man. A fourth time the watch was dismembered -and reassembled. And a fifth time. By now he could not hold the tiny -wheels steady enough to mount them on the almost microscopic shafts. -His fingers felt like thumbs. When finally the watch was closed up for -the sixth time and still would not run, a sudden surge of illogical -rage shook him and he slammed the watch furiously against the wall. It -dissolved into a miniature shambles of thread-fine springs and tiny -wheels. Still raging, he ground the remains to bits under his heel and -strode angrily into the galley for a long pull at the brandy bottle....</p> - -<p>An indeterminate time later, Malenson staggered up the long -companionway and into his stateroom. Drugged with liquor, he sank down -on his bunk and dropped into fitful, uneasy, slumber.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>There was no way of telling how long he had slept. When he awoke, he -hurried foggily to the control room and cut the second order drive. The -configuration of the stars seemed much the same as he had last seen -it ... how long ago?</p> - -<p>Depressed, and somehow still tired, he cut the drive in again and made -his way to the galley. Hot coffee made him feel better, shaking some of -the haziness out of his mind.</p> - -<p>He strove with care to evaluate his situation. There was nothing to -worry about, he told himself. The ship was operating perfectly. The -only thing that was lacking was a way to compute the passage of time. -He half-smiled at that, thinking of his pride in a "sense" of timing. -Still, he reflected, perhaps the natural functions of his body would -serve. He prided himself on being a methodical, systematic man; one of -regular habits.</p> - -<p>A gnawing doubt began to eat at his mind. Was that enough? Perhaps -it would be wise to construct a timepiece. How? He racked his memory -trying to recall the various clocks of the ancients. A mechanical clock -was out of the question. He simply hadn't the skill or the materials -necessary for its construction. The episode with the watch proved -that all too well. An hour glass then? A careful search of the ship -was unrewarding. There was nothing that could be made into an hour -glass, nor any way to calibrate such a device even if he could make -one. A water clock, perhaps? The same objections. And his own lack of -know-how. Malenson was no scientist or hobbyist. He was first and last -a man of business. Still he did not want to give up easily. A candle -clock. Immediately he recognized that idea as impractical.</p> - -<p>He didn't have the technical understanding of his ship necessary to -use its speed for the computation of time. In fact the only thing he -knew about the ship was that it traveled faster than light. How much -faster, he had never found out. It had been enough for his purposes -to know that it travelled faster or as fast as any type of vessel in -the Confederation. And even if he had known how to make the necessary -calculations, what was needed was something that would divide twelve or -fifteen years into days, hours, minutes.</p> - -<p>Radio reception was out. Each of the colonized worlds had an Earth-type -atmosphere ... complete with Heavyside Layer. And the radar beams that -could pierce the layer would be swarming with freighters, liners -and ... Patrol ships. Malenson was certain that by now every patrolman -in the known cosmos was alerted for the appearance of a ship of -Malenson's type. And detention meant an end to a dream of wealth. -Prison.</p> - -<p>What was the answer, then?</p> - -<p>The answer was ... <i>no</i> answer.</p> - -<p>Malenson, possessed of the finest machine ever devised by the mind of -man, and the greatest hoard of wealth in recent times ... was reduced -to keeping track of time by the movements of his digestive tract and a -series of scratches on the wall of the control room.</p> - -<p>At the time he could see the irony of it. He even laughed ... then.</p> - -<p>Time dragged on sluggishly. What might have been weeks passed by in -a seemingly endless cycle of sleeps and meals. Every time he awoke -Malenson would cut the drive and check his position. And always, the -bright beacon stars stared back at him, little changed.</p> - -<p>Slowly, the line of scratches on the control room wall grew. Malenson -lived in a timeless limbo amidst the vast, unchanging emptiness of -the galactic periphery. For weeks and months at a time, he would lose -himself in the sparsely starred outer marches. Then he would find his -position again, an agonizingly short distance from the last fix given -him by star-chart and analyzer. Lethargically, the ship crawled across -parsecs of space, a hollow shell of life amid the cosmic desolation of -the great edge.</p> - -<p>A year passed. Two. Malenson knew he was safe now. No patrol ship could -follow his aimless wanderings. But the ten year statute of limitations -remained uppermost in his mind. He realized that he was assigning an -arbitrary value to his days and months, thus he decided that he must -stay in space for the full time allowed by his supplies. He could not -risk a miscalculation.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The solitude did not affect him. Malenson had no desire for -companionship. And the library of the ship absorbed much of his time. -He read great tomes and thin monographs, passionate novels and cold -texts. And he could <i>feel</i> time slipping by.</p> - -<p>At the end of his fourth calculated year, Malenson noticed his -feverishness. It was a slight thing. He felt perfectly well. But his -temperature stood at 100.6. His curiosity aroused, he confined himself -to the ship's infirmary for a month. Except for a periodical trip to -the control room for a star sight, he remained under the UV lamps. -He took large doses of streptomycin XXV. But he did not feel in the -least alarmed when the fever refused to leave him. He merely adapted -himself....</p> - -<p>In his eighth year in space Malenson abandoned any hope of finding a -habitable planet. He had located five planetary systems among some nine -hundred stars. But none of the globes were even remotely suitable for -the support of humanoid life. Mostly they were great gassy worlds of -frozen methane and ammonia. The few low gravity planets were generally -so close to their primaries as to be parched wastelands with surface -temperatures near the melting point of lead.</p> - -<p>It was at this point in his odyssey that Malenson's thoughts began to -drift homeward. Many sleeps were spent in calculations and trial and -error navigation before the ship's nose was turned inward toward the -center of the galactic lens. Finally, Malenson was ready to begin the -long voyage home.</p> - -<p>The loneliness had changed him, he knew. Not that he had once missed -the nearness of mere people. Malenson felt himself above such a need. -And there was the money in the hold to keep him company. More and more -of his time was spent down there, fondling his wealth. The feel of the -coins and the crisp irridium certificates more than made up for the -solitude. Uncounted hours would slip by while he sat contentedly in -the midst of his loot ... or was it days? Malenson had stopped trying -to discover.</p> - -<p>The library had lost its appeal for him now. He had finished the -majority of the books now, and strangely the reading tapes and -recordings seemed to drag unbearably. It was getting so that he could -hardly understand the mouthings that emanated from the speakers, and -the vision screens were turgid masses of dark, muddy colors. Something, -he decided, had gone wrong with the projection apparatus.</p> - -<p>The dawning of his tenth year in limbo was the occasion for a -celebration. The statute of limitation was explicit in his particular -form of larceny. It stated that should the case be unprosecuted for ten -solar years, the crime was stricken from the records and an unequivocal -pardon granted. Before Malenson's case, the law had never been evoked. -But now at last the time was up. Malenson was free.</p> - -<p>He was only three years from Sol now, according to his estimate. He had -been careful to allow for the seemingly reduced speed of the ship. But -he was still unwilling to take any unnecessary chances. He realized -that he could have made a considerable error in his timing. It was even -possible, he reflected, that he was as much as a year off. Perhaps -even two. So Malenson decided that having waited this long, he could -wait yet a bit longer. He had become quite adapted to his artificial -environment now, and another two or three years in space would be no -great hardship. He set his course for the Centaurian System before -heading for home. This slight detour would bring him into Sol's family -at just the right time. Fifteen years, he calculated, from the time of -his departure.</p> - -<p>That night ... or what passed for night in the timeless void ... -Malenson celebrated his freedom.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Time slipped by in an endless, formless night. He began to notice that -he was aging. The mirror in his stateroom showed lines and wrinkles in -his face that had not been there when he fled Earth. He had been just -forty when the flight began. He looked fifty three or four now, at -least. It confirmed his computations. His timing was still right....</p> - -<p>It was a long time later that the Centaurian System slipped astern. He -was in the infirmary at the time and did not even notice. Long solitude -had dulled his perceptions. He was totally engrossed in the evidence of -his thermometer. It registered a body temperature of 117.8. That wasn't -possible, he knew. A man couldn't stand such a temperature. Yet he was -perfectly well. The instrument, he decided, was faulty. He had not felt -feverish since that first time long, long ago. He abandoned the sterile -whiteness of the infirmary for the hold and the silent companionship of -his money. He was happy there.</p> - -<p>The food was gone now, and though there was plenty of fuel in the -tanks, the ship was nearing Sol. It had been many, many sleeps since -Malenson had bothered to cut the drive for a position check. He sat -contentedly with his money, oblivious to all else.</p> - -<p>But his ship was still a perfect machine. It arced down into the -ecliptic plane, cutting the stellar drive automatically. The ship -shifted smoothly into primary flight and spiralled in toward Earth. -It set itself a stable orbit around the home planet and waited, alarm -bells ringing.</p> - -<p>The Earth spread out into a green carpet under the slowly descending -spaceship. Malenson sat stiffly in the control chair, eyes drinking in -the forgotten beauty of his home world. The ship sank through a layer -of fleecy clouds toward the spaceport. Buildings took shape out of the -formless mass of the ground. Malenson frowned. Things looked just the -same. One would have thought that changes would take place in fifteen -years.</p> - -<p>He caught a glimpse of his own reflection in the glass of the port. It -angered him suddenly that the years should have been so sparing with -Earth and so cruel to him. He had aged more than he thought.... He felt -very tired....</p> - -<p>Very gently, the ship sank to a landing on the busy ramp. The -generators sighed, and fell silent. Malenson smiled thinly. His timing -was still good. He locked the hold carefully and made his way to the -valve. The long unused mechanism worked smoothly and quickly. Malenson -stepped out....</p> - -<p>A circle of resolute patrolmen surrounded him, hands on their weapons. -He stared at them in stunned disbelief.</p> - -<p>A young inspector shouldered his way through the file. He spoke words -that Malenson heard only dimly through the sudden roaring in his ears.</p> - -<p>"You are under arrest, Malenson," the inspector said shortly.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p><i>Subject: Report on Prisoner Malenson, File No. 8,697,032</i></p> - -<p><i>To: Wilton, Chief Penologist, Luna Criminal Detention Center</i></p> - -<p><i>From: Berry, Director North American Geriatrics Institute</i></p> - -<p><i>1. Transfer of subject prisoner to this institution is confirmed.</i></p> - -<p><i>2. Cursory examination reveals that the prisoner is a victim of -acutely accelerated general metabolism.</i></p> - -<p><i>3. An interview with the prisoner reveals that he is firmly convinced -that he recently spent a period of fifteen years in space, whereas -port records conclusively prove that he was absent from Earth for a -period of only twenty two months (Ref. N'york Sp. Log 2/890 Pages -867,1098). His condition is perfectly suited to the experimental -work now being conducted here, as I suspected. There is an excellent -possibility that we may be able to correlate the clinical data of his -case with our own hypotheses and so ascertain exactly to what extent -senility is the product of psychological conditioning rather than -chronological age as heretofore believed.</i></p> - -<p><i>4. Prognosis negative. In the case of Prisoner Malenson himself, -we are unable to prescribe treatment. All efforts to retard his -fantastically high metabolism rate have failed. His body temperature -is now normal at 120.6° Fahrenheit, and his pulse steady at -140/minute. Definite indications of senescence are appearing. Symptoms -of incipient ataxic aphasia have been detected.</i></p> - -<p><i>5. 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