In this story, an attempt has been made to depict [laws of nature that] conflict with human mentality. It is not the ordinary science fiction attempt. It is not new laws working in harmony with old, or new discoveries that fit into the old pattern. It is, if you please, an utterly alien bit of reality in conflict with the old. You won't like it at all--unless you have the type of mind that can reach a little way beyond experience. And though what you may 'see' may have no counterpart in all reality, if this story serves to expand your mental horizons, it has at least found an excuse for being written.

«В этой истории была предпринята попытка изобразить [законы природы, которые] противоречат человеческому мышлению. Это не обычная попытка научной фантастики. Это не новые законы, работающие в гармон Развернуть