# Ambition

**Author:** William Bade
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
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## Description

A rocket scientist from the mid-20th century, Bob Maitland harbors a fierce ambition for space exploration, dreaming of voyages to the moon and distant planets. His world is abruptly upended when he awakens far in the future, a captive of the enigmatic scientist Swarts. Maitland soon discovers that his lifelong dream, the very essence of his drive, has become an incomprehensible relic of a bygone era. In a future where space and even time travel are trivialized, human ambition has shifted its focus, leaving Maitland's aspirations feeling alien and obsolete. This thought-provoking science fiction short story delves into the nature of human desire, the relentless pursuit of progress, and what happens when the goals of one generation are dismissed as folly by another. It asks whether true ambition can ever truly die, or if it merely transforms, waiting for a new era to ignite its flames.