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From: brad@asgb.UUCP (J.Bradley Smith)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Asimov and scientific revenge (from BTTF time travel discussion)
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 20:55:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 20:55:52 1985
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In article <149@rtp47.UUCP> throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes:
>The article I am referencing has a title request, and a request for an
>inconsistancy resolution.  I don't remember the title, but I can help
>with the inconsistancy.  To condense the original:
>
>> This discussion reminds me of an Isaac Asimov story about two
>> scientists; [...] The quick one invents a device for nullifying gravity,
>> [...] places the device on the center of a pool table over a hole cut in
>> the surface.  [...] the quick guy invites the slow guy to demonstrate
>> [the] great invention he has by shooting a pool ball [...] through the
>> null-gravity field [...] The slow guy thinks a bit, then makes a bank
>> shot so the ball is headed directly at the fast guy as it enters the
>> field.  [...] the quick guy has a hole punched through him by the ball
>> [which] stayed put while the rest of the world whooshed by
>>
>> Two questions:  Does anyone remember the title of this story?
>
>I beleive it had to do with the plot, and was something like "Fools rush
>in...", but I wouldn't bet the mortgage.
>
If memory serves, the story you are refering to is "Dirty Pool".

-brad

Brad Smith
Burroughs DSG
6655 Lookout Rd
Boulder, CO  80301