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From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler)
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Subject: Re: BACK TO THE FUTURE (actually book title request)
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 08:51:49 EDT
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Whew!  Boy does this one bring back memories.  The story you refer
to is at least 35 years old.  It was a short story in a collection
by Heinlen(I think).  The hero of the story left his time with
everything running smoothly and everyone happy.  When he returns,
everything is in a mess - war, pestilence, etc..  All because he
stepped on that butterfly.  I read the story many years ago and
have thought about it every time one of these back to the future
stories comes up.  Someday, when the weather cools, I will go up
in the attic and see if I still have the collection the story
came from.  
T. C. Wheeler