（外文电子版资料）Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds - Dark Interlude.pdf

Dark Interlude Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds Sheriff Ben Rands eyes were grave. He said, Okay, boy. You feel kind of jittery; thats natural. But if your storys straight, dont worry. Dont worry about nothing. Everythingll be all right, boy. It was three hours ago, Sheriff`, Allenby said. Im sorry it took me so long to get into town and that I had to wake you up. But Sis was hysterical a while. I had to try and quiet her down, and then I had trouble starting the jalopy. Dont worry about waking me up, boy. Being sheriffs a full-time job. And it aint late, anyway; I just happened to turn in early tonight. Now let me get a few things straight. You say your names Lou Allenby. Thats a good name in these parts, Allenby. You kin of Rance Allenby, used to run the feed business over in Cooperville? I went to school with Rance .. . Now about the fella who said he come from the future . . . The Presider of the Historical Research Department was skeptical to the last. He argued, I am still of the opinion that the project is not feasible. There arc paradoxes involved which present insurmountable— Doctor Matthe, the noted physicist, interrupted politely, Undoubtedly, sir, you are familiar with the Dichotomy? The presidor wasnt, so he remained silent to indicate that he wanted an explanation. Zeno propounded the Dichotomy. He was a Greek phi-losopher of roughly five hundred years before the ancient prophet whose birth was used by the primitives to mark the beginning of their calendar. The Dichotomy states that it is impossible to cover any given distance. The argument: First, half the distance must be traversed, then half of the remaining distance, then again half of what remains, and so on. It fol-lows th