Hanson considered it, while Nema's hand crept into his. Then he grinned. "I guess I want to get your great granddaughter turned into a registered and certified wife and take her on a long honeymoon," he decided. "After what you've put me through, I need a rest." He took her arm and started down the aisle of the council room. Behind him, he heard Bork's chuckle and the soft laughter of Sather Karf. But their faces were sobering by the time he reached the doorway and looked back. "I like him, too, grandfather," Bork was saying. "Well, it seems your group was right, after all. Your prophecy is fulfilled. He may have a little trouble with so many knowing his name, but he's Dave Hanson, to whom nothing is impossible. You should have considered all the implications of omnipotence." Sather Karf nodded. "Perhaps. And perhaps your group was also right, Bork. It seems that the world-egg has hatched." His eyes lifted and centered on the doorway. Hanson puzzled over their words briefly as he closed the door and went out with Nema. He'd probably have to do something about his name, but the rest of the conversation was a mystery to him. Then he dismissed it. He could always remember it when he had more time to think about it. * * * * * It was many millenia and several universes later when Dave Hanson finally remembered. By then it was no mystery, of course. And there was no one who dared pronounce his true name. THE END. * * * * * ACE SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLES Two books back-to-back Just 95c each 009902 =Against Arcturus= Putney =Time Thieves= Koontz 066126 =Blackman's Burden= Reynolds =Border, Steed Nor Birth= Reynolds 102939 =The Chariots of Ra= Bulmer =Earth Strings= Rackham 114512 =In the Alternate Universe= Chandler =Into the Coils of Time= Chandler 775254 =Son of the Tree= Vance =House of Iszm= Vance 156976 =The Unteleported Man= Dick =Dr. Futurity= Dick 158907 =Door Through Space= Bradley =Rendezvous on a Lost World= Chandler 166405 =Dragon Master= =Five Gold Bands= Vance 317552 =The Hard Way Up= Chandler =Veiled World= Lory 337105 =Highwood= Barrett =Annihilation Factor= Bayley 370627 =The Inheritors= Chandler =The Gateway to Never= Chandler 665257 =Pirates of Zan= Leinster =Mutant Weapon= Leinster 799759 =Technos= =A Scatter of Sardust= Tubb Available wherever paperbacks are sold or use this coupon. =ace books=, (Dept. MM) Box 576, Times Square Station New York, N.Y. 10036 Please send me titles checked above. I enclose $___________ Add 15c handling fee per copy. Name ________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________ City _________________ State ______ Zip _______ Please allow 4 weeks for delivery.