William F. Nolan 5 min read

'In one fell swoop,' declares Professor C. Cydwick Ohms, 'I intend to solve the greatest problem facing mankind', overpopulation, with the answer that is, of course, TIME.

William F. Nolan's 1956 story spins genial time-travel comedy from a professor's grand scheme and a Texas-sized surprise. Fun, quick golden-age SF. Read it for a droll tale where a Time Door meant to relieve an overcrowded world runs headlong into the wide open frontier of old Texas.

In its time

Published in 1956, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

5 min read (a short story, a single idea, delivered and gone).