Left to Right


"Left to Right" is a short story by American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, featured in the short story collection Gold.

Plot synopsis

has created a device that will change whatever goes through it into antimatter. Another character suggests sending protons through it, but Forward says that he has tried that, and will now send himself through. The other character argues that he will not be able to digest because his internal organs will be the wrong way round and his biochemistry altered, but Forward argues that he can just pass through it a second time. He travels through, and checks his heartbeat and appendectomy scar. He gloomily says that everything is the same as before, being "as sure as my name's Robert L. Backward."