• Time Bomb by Wilson Tucker

    From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 15 09:18:04 2025

    I have recently discovered Wilson Tucker's work and am surprised I had not encountered him before and that so little of his material has been reprinted.

    Time Bomb is a mystery. It takes place during a time when a populist
    is starting to set up for a takeover of the American government in an
    attempt to become dictator. This may sound familiar to some. But in this case, a number of his supporters have fallen victim to strange untraceable explosions.... or... maybe implosions. A police telepath is brought out to investigate and can't figure out exactly what is goine on, but he suspects somehow the operation of an actual time machine. Lieutenant Danforth of
    the Security Police investigates.

    I think this is very much a book for our time if only because of the
    background situation. The scince in it is pretty doubtful at best, but
    the characters and situations work well. Recommended.
    --scot

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  • From Evelyn C. Leeper@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 15 10:24:36 2025
    On 10/15/25 9:18 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    I have recently discovered Wilson Tucker's work and am surprised I had not encountered him before and that so little of his material has been reprinted.

    Time Bomb is a mystery. It takes place during a time when a populist
    is starting to set up for a takeover of the American government in an
    attempt to become dictator. This may sound familiar to some. But in this case, a number of his supporters have fallen victim to strange untraceable explosions.... or... maybe implosions. A police telepath is brought out to investigate and can't figure out exactly what is goine on, but he suspects somehow the operation of an actual time machine. Lieutenant Danforth of
    the Security Police investigates.

    I think this is very much a book for our time if only because of the background situation. The scince in it is pretty doubtful at best, but
    the characters and situations work well. Recommended.
    --scot


    Also apparently known as "Tomorrow Plus X".

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Wed Oct 15 16:45:36 2025
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    I have recently discovered Wilson Tucker's work and am surprised I had not encountered him before and that so little of his material has been reprinted.

    His "The Year of the Quiet Sun" was an ace special, and his "The Lincoln Hunters" was some sort of retro-special. "The Long Loud Silence" is a post-plague disaster novel which is approximately 1400 pages shorter
    than "The Stand". "The Warlock" is a cold-war novel with SF elements.


    I've fond memories of all of them.

    William Hyde


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