The Message (short story)
- The Message (short story)
Infobox short story |
name = The Message
author = Isaac Asimov
country = U.S.
language = English
genre = science fiction short story
published_in = "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"
publisher = Fantasy House
media_type = Magazine
pub_date = February 1956
"The Message" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the February 1956 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and reprinted in the 1957 collection "Earth is Room Enough". "The Message" tells the story of how the expression Kilroy was here came to be. A very short story, it runs to 1.5 pages in paperback.
George Kilroy, a thirtieth century historian, briefly travels in time to the twentieth century to research the life of the WW2 foot soldier. He arrives in North Africa as soldiers are landing on the beaches of Oran, and before leaving, he makes his mark on the wall of a hut.
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