Destiny times three

[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction March, April 1945. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this p...

"Materialism is our bedrock, gentlemen--the firm belief that every phenomenon must have a real existence and a real cause. It has made possible science technology, unbiased self...

"And bring down upon us forces that will destroy us both?" The seer's eyes stabbed at him. "There are worlds within worlds, wheels within wheels. Already I have told you too muc...

Sharp but far away, as if viewed through a reducing glass, came memories of the evening's events. Clawly, the symchromy, the old man in black, the conference in the Sky Room, hi...

It was very quiet. There was only the humming of some bees in the flower garden, up from which sweet, heavy odors drifted sluggishly and curled across the deck. The sun beat dow...

Clawly II ignored the second question--and the comment. He swaggered up to the table, planted his hands on it, looked them over, and said, "I laughed to think of how sincerely y...

The way became rougher. It was a marvel how his feet carried him. The ruddy light became a patch, illumining a semicircular opening behind it. The baying drew near. He could hea...

One of the gray panels high in the Opal Cross sector came to life. As if through a window, a young man with a square face and crisply cropped blond hair peered out. The emptines...

There was a dizzying sense of almost instantaneous passage over an infinite distance--and also a sense that there had been no movement at all, but only a becoming aware of somet...