The Worlds of If
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Tardy I might be, but it was hardly conceivable that my presence aboardthe rocket could have averted the catastrophe. It irritated me; in away, it made me responsible for the deaths of those unrescued hundredsamong the passengers and crew, and I didn't like the thought.
Of course, if they'd waited an extra five minutes for me, or if I'd beenon time and they'd left on schedule instead of five minutes late, orif--_if_!
If! The word called up van Manderpootz and his subjunctivisor--theworlds of "i...f, " the weird, unreal worlds that existed beside reality, neither past nor future, but contemporary, yet extemporal. Somewhereamong their ghostly infinities existed one that represented the worldthat would have been had I made the liner. I had only to call up Haskelvan Manderpootz, make an appointment, and then--find out.
Yet it wasn't an easy decision. Suppose--just suppose that I foundmyself responsible--not legally responsible, certainly; there'd be noquestion of criminal negligence, or anything of that sort--not evenmorally responsible, because I couldn't possibly have anticipated thatmy presence or absence could weigh so heavily in the scales of life anddeath, nor could I have known in which direction the scales would tip.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Tardy I might be, but it was hardly conceivable that my presence aboardthe rocket could have averted the catastrophe. It irritated me; in away, it made me responsible for the deaths of those unrescued hundredsamong the passengers and crew, and I didn't like the thought.
Of course, if they'd waited an extra five minutes for me, or if I'd beenon time and they'd left on schedule instead of five minutes late, orif--_if_!
If! The word called up van Manderpootz and his subjunctivisor--theworlds of "i...f, " the weird, unreal worlds that existed beside reality, neither past nor future, but contemporary, yet extemporal. Somewhereamong their ghostly infinities existed one that represented the worldthat would have been had I made the liner. I had only to call up Haskelvan Manderpootz, make an appointment, and then--find out.
Yet it wasn't an easy decision. Suppose--just suppose that I foundmyself responsible--not legally responsible, certainly; there'd be noquestion of criminal negligence, or anything of that sort--not evenmorally responsible, because I couldn't possibly have anticipated thatmy presence or absence could weigh so heavily in the scales of life anddeath, nor could I have known in which direction the scales would tip.
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