Time is the Simplest Thing Author:Clifford D. Simak OUT THERE: in the soundless black of the universe, his mind crawled over the distant stars, probing the secrets of unknown planets, wrestling new bits of knowledge from ancient worlds... — Spaceships had not yet reached the stars, but telepaths like Shep Blaine could project their minds beyond the barriers of time and space. — Blaine was one of Ea... more »rth's top telepathic explorers...until that last trip...until that awesome, alien creature slithered into his brain and turned him against himself...against his own world and time.« less