The Paradox Men

The Paradox Men combines influences from Einstein, Toynbee, and the Canadian SF writer A.E. van Vogt (1912 - 2000) into a perhaps surprisingly compelling whole. Its clever conclusion retroactively changes our understanding of the story's earlier phases, and is one of the aspects that shows that Harness could write pulp on a higher level. Aldiss memorably described the style as "widescreen baroque", an approach the SFE describes as "apt to leave the susceptible reader alternating between gasps of amazement and gasps of disbelief." It is a fair description of The Paradox Men.