Orville Potts couldn't escape the asylum to the past, as he didn't have detailed knowledge of it to create an adequate visualization. The future, though, was unwritten; he could visualize it however he wanted...
"A Thought for Tomorrow" appeared in "Galaxy Science Fiction," November 1952, pages 83 - 94.
Robert E Gilbert (May 6, 1924 – April 4, 1993) was an American science fiction writer.
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