By whom?
By none less than that conniving arch-fiend, John W. Campbell, Jr., that's who!
Wasn't it he who bought the story?
And wasn't it he who, with malice aforethought, published it in a package which was plainly labeled Science Fiction?
And, therefore, didn't you have every right to think it was science fiction?
Sure you did!
I am guilty of nothing more than weakness; my poor, frail sense of ethics collapsed completely at the sight of the bribe he offered me to become a party to the dark conspiracy that sprang from the depths of his own demoniac mind. Ah, well; none of us is perfect, I suppose.
David Gordon.
Transcriber's Note:
This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction March 1959. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected without note.