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THE SCIENTIFIC PIONEER
28 pages, Paperback
Published November 13, 2024
About the author
Nelson S. Bond
228 books9 followersNelson Slade Bond was a writer, primarily of short stories, antiquarian bookseller, and playwright. His works included books, magazine articles, and scripts used in radio, for television and on the stage.
The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award for lifetime achievement, Bond was a pioneer in early science fiction and fantasy. His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Many were published in Blue Book magazine, though Bond largely retired from fiction writing after the 1950s. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.
The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award for lifetime achievement, Bond was a pioneer in early science fiction and fantasy. His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Many were published in Blue Book magazine, though Bond largely retired from fiction writing after the 1950s. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.
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November 4, 2025
scifi, short story with humor
October 29, 2025
"Amazing Stories" 3/1940… Horse-sense (later Horsesense) Hank makes Lancelot Biggs seem like a dope, Einstein too! Details below:
""Our observations, Hank, also indicate that in this universe, every other galaxy is running away from ours as fast as it can. Why is this?"
Cleaver repeated unbelievingly, "Runnin' away?"
"Yes, our spectrascopes reveal a 'red shift' in the apparent motion of all stars. This proves that the universe is expanding—."
"Why, no!" Said Hank. "Gosh, no!"
"No?"
"Why you got it all backward," Explained Horse-sense Hank. "What you're sayin' ain't reasonable. Truth of the matter is, the universe ain't expandin' at all. It's just a-standin' still. Reason things look thataway to us is because—we're contractin'!"
. . . Hank explained that the same effect would be visible to a man standing in the middle of the floor of a gigantic room while the walls receded, as would be visible to a man shrinking in the middle of a normal-sized room."
Yes, indeed, the 'blue shift' observed in the Andromeda galaxy is the shrinking effect which is causing* the 'red shift' expanding effect of the other galaxies relatively Ed.
*Actually, it's via sine qua non and not via 'causing'.
""Our observations, Hank, also indicate that in this universe, every other galaxy is running away from ours as fast as it can. Why is this?"
Cleaver repeated unbelievingly, "Runnin' away?"
"Yes, our spectrascopes reveal a 'red shift' in the apparent motion of all stars. This proves that the universe is expanding—."
"Why, no!" Said Hank. "Gosh, no!"
"No?"
"Why you got it all backward," Explained Horse-sense Hank. "What you're sayin' ain't reasonable. Truth of the matter is, the universe ain't expandin' at all. It's just a-standin' still. Reason things look thataway to us is because—we're contractin'!"
. . . Hank explained that the same effect would be visible to a man standing in the middle of the floor of a gigantic room while the walls receded, as would be visible to a man shrinking in the middle of a normal-sized room."
Yes, indeed, the 'blue shift' observed in the Andromeda galaxy is the shrinking effect which is causing* the 'red shift' expanding effect of the other galaxies relatively Ed.
*Actually, it's via sine qua non and not via 'causing'.
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