On Monday, February 21, 1994 at 5:13:39 PM UTC-6, Robert Williams wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm interested in novels and short stories where characters have
> the ability to stop time. I'm reading one now called Fermata by Baker. I
> remember one of Alfred Bester's novels (I forget if it's The Stars My
> Destination or The Demolished Man) featured a character who couldn't stop
> time but could accelerate to such an extent that it appeared that time was
> stopped.
> Could you let me know some other books or short stories that have
> this feature? Thanks

"The Six Fingers of Time" by R. A. Lafferty.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31663

On 20/05/23 09:20, Butch Malahide wrote:
> On Monday, February 21, 1994 at 5:13:39 PM UTC-6, Robert Williams wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm interested in novels and short stories where characters have
>> the ability to stop time. I'm reading one now called Fermata by Baker. I
>> remember one of Alfred Bester's novels (I forget if it's The Stars My
>> Destination or The Demolished Man) featured a character who couldn't stop
>> time but could accelerate to such an extent that it appeared that time was
>> stopped.
>> Could you let me know some other books or short stories that have
>> this feature? Thanks

Theodore Sturgeon's Microcosmic God includes creatures whose time was
accelerated, a necessary feature of a brilliant story but mainly
concerned with matters other than time.

>
> "The Six Fingers of Time" by R. A. Lafferty.
> https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31663

Yes, this is about time but it is pure Lafferty. Who else would approach
time manipulation with such a consideration as "He could take shoe and
sock off a man's foot while he was in full stride." and
"there are many ways to outwit the slowness of matter.”
But do you need to read “The Relationship of Extradigitalism to Genius.”
first?
I love Lafferty in small doses and that 30 page story is a great example
of his unique perspective.