"Or, we could writcha a note," suggested Pip, " 'Please excuse Zach for gettin unstuck in time an also consider investin in real estate 's not in New York.'"

"'Signed- the future'," added Siebenkas. "On second thought, I would suggest some science fiction for you to use on him beforehand. But, let me see. Emilione Descouteux is contemporary to us and only wrote one novel in that genre, SL Thomas hasn't been born yet and... Samuel R. Delany's around though, isn't he? Or wasn't he, possibly."