Sam, This Is You

By Murray Leinster

A telephone repair meant to keep party-line conversations private opens a connection no lineman could expect: a voice ten days away, belonging to Sam Yoder himself. The discovery turns familiar wires, poles and circuits into a channel for time communication, placing foreknowledge within reach of an ordinary technician who understands enough about the system to test its possibilities-and enough about human curiosity to be tempted by them. Privacy becomes far more complicated when the person listening is another version of you. As Sam considers whether tomorrow's information might be converted into financial advantage, his experiment begins to press upon his relationship with his fianc e, Rosie, and upon questions no technical adjustment can easily settle. Can knowledge of events alter them, or does acting on that knowledge help bring them about? Comedy and romance sharpen the dilemma, while a bank-robbery investigation adds the pressure of crime to an already unstable equation. Across a telephone-company service area of roads, woodland and small towns, practical technology meets speculative science fiction without losing sight of personal responsibility. Sam's work as a telephone lineman gives the premise its distinctive machinery, but the deeper tension lies in identity, causality and choice: how much freedom remains when one's future self can answer the call? Compact in form yet rich in ethical complications, the story turns a ten-day interval into a test of trust, temptation and unintended consequences. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378413986
• ISBN13: 9789378413988
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"