![]() ![]() ![]() which was only the second genuine singleton of his career and which won both Hugo and Nebula awards, proved to be his finest single creation, a complex tale involving potentially catastrophic energy transfers between alternate universes and - rarely for him - intriguing alien beings (they are considerably more interesting than the humans in the cast)." - John Clute / Malcolm J. The blind egotism and leaden conscience of his scientific establishments offer no promise that a world ruled by scientists rather than politicians would be more free of it." - Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, p. The 'fathers' of the energy pumps, puffed with pride and selfishness, will not allow their reputation, doctrine, and achievement to be jeopardized. A few probing skeptics, men and para-men, learn that in time the exchange will explode our Sun, but both scientific establishments ignore their alarm. Through Earthmen's electron pump and the para-men's position pump, the energy needs of both worlds are satisfied without energy loss to either. ![]() "In the twenty-second century, Earth and men of a para-universe establish an ideal energy exchange. ![]()
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