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Clair and Gaynor. Clair and Gaynor were created by “S.D. Gottesman,” the pseudonym of Cyril M. Kornbluth (Peter Packer), and Frederick Pohl, and appeared in “Before the Universe” (Super Science Stories, July 1940) and “Best Friends” (Super Science Stories, May 1941).

Clair and Gaynor are “the Nobel Prize winners for the last half-dozen years. They’re the ones who wiped out cancer, made possible the beam-transmission of power, created about fifty new alloys that have revolutionized industry, and originated the molecular-stress theory which is the cornerstone of the new physics.” Paul Gaynor is the younger one, a child prodigy who had his Ph.D. when he was fifteen. Art Clair is older, not quite so bright but more knowledgeable in more areas. They create a new universe and travel to it, then back in time, and have related adventures.

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