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You told his story better in a couple of minutes than Christopher Nolan did in a couple of hours.

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Thank you, David!

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Now this is one heck of a story. I love how your mind works, Bill. The time travel element is so much fun and so creatively executed!

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Thank you very much, Justin. I love reading --and writing!-- time travel tales.

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Hi Bill! I'd like to feature this story on The Hidden Gems Podcast, which is an ad-free podcast that is dedicated to bringing our listeners a variety of classic and original short stories. Here is the address to our latest short story https://the-hidden-gems-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/laura-written-by-saki

If you are interested, please let me know. If not, no worries. I enjoy your stories!

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I'd be delighted to have Oppenheimer's Bicycle on The Hidden Gems Podcast, so that's a yes.

Let me know what you need from me.

-Bill

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Awesome! If you could give me an Author’s Bio and any links to your writings or website, so we can promote you that would be great. You retain all rights to your material, of course. I’m looking forward to featuring your story!

Cathy

😊

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I'll send you an email soon. Thanks.

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You can email anything to cathydpm@gmail.com

👍🏻

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I've been looking for writing like this! Glad I found it. Your craft is excellent and the story is compelling. YAY for great writing.

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Thank you, Helen. I'm delighted to hear that.

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I like how he time travels, thank you!

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I'm glad to hear that, Eduardo.

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That was different. Great.

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Thank you, Colin. I'm glad you enjoyed Oppenheimer's Bicycle.

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Liked the final twist!

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Thank you, Deirdre. It took several days for me to figure out the ending and I'm glad you liked it.

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Excellent. I thought this story story was heading in the same direction as the Twilight Zone episode, "A Stop at Willoughby" - was not expecting that twist at the end, but I liked it. It makes for a more nuanced perspective of Oppenheimer's contributions to science.

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Thanks, Sam. I'm glad you like Oppenheimer's Bicycle.

"A Stop at Willoughby" is one of my favorite Twilight Zones.

It's hard to write fiction about such controversial and tragic topics as the dropping of the atomic bomb, but I think it's important to do.

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A little bit of redemption for the bomb builder. Could have been a movie. 😉 (I haven’t seen the newest Oppenheimer movie.)

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Thanks, Mark. I try now to think about weapons of mass destruction too often as I already sleep badly enough. But sometimes I'm compelled to write fiction about them.

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You have a good grasp of the eternal arc.

We may flame out

Or slowly decay

But our children

And theirs

Will place our shadows

Alongside those

In the great

Sunlit forest

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Thank you.

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