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The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century
The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century Author:Harry Turtledove (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PAST H. G. Wells' seminal short story The Time Machine, published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fictions time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of the... more »ir finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told. By turns frightening, puzzling, and fantastic, these stories engage us in situations that may one day break free of the bonds of fantasy . . . to enter the realm of the future: our future.
Contents:
-- Yesterday was Monday / Theodore Sturgeon: If all the worlds a stage-the odyssey of an ordinary joe who winds up backstage.
-- Time locker / Henry Kuttner;
-- Time's arrow / Arthur C. Clarke: two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travelwith appalling consequences.
-- I'm scared / Jack Finney;
-- A sound of thunder / Ray Bradbury: modern man gone dinosaur hunting poses daunting questions about destiny and consequences.
-- Death ship / Richard Matheson: a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon the conundrum of past and future.
-- A gun for dinosaur / L. Sprague de Camp;
-- The man who came early / Poul Anderson;
-- Rainbird / R.A. Lafferty: an inventor so brilliant that he invents himself right out of existence.
-- Leviathan! / Larry Niven;
-- Anniversary project / Joe Haldeman;
-- Timetipping / Jack Dann: What if everyone time-traveled except you?
-- Fire watch / Connie Willis;
-- Sailing to Byzantium / Robert Silverberg;
-- The pure product / John Kesse;l
-- Trapalanda / Charles Sheffield;
-- The price of oranges / Nancy Kress;
-- Another story or A fisherman of the inland sea / Ursula K. Le Guin.« less