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   Scott Dorsey to All   
   Time Bomb by Wilson Tucker   
   15 Oct 25 09:18:04   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.fandom   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   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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   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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