The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century by Harry Turtledove

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century by Harry Turtledove

LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOT BACK TO THE PAST

H. G. Wells's seminal short story The Time Machine, published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction's time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of their finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told, including

Time's Arrow In Arthur C. Clarke's classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel--with appalling consequences.

Death Ship Richard Matheson, author of Somewhere in Time, unveils a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon the conundrum of past and future.

A Sound of Thunder Ray Bradbury's haunting vision of modern man gone dinosaur hunting poses daunting questions about destiny and consequences.

Yesterday Was Monday If all the world's a stage, Theodore Sturgeon's compelling tale follows the odyssey of an ordinary joe who winds up backstage.

Rainbird R. A. Lafferty reflects on what might have been in this brainteaser about an inventor so brilliant that he invents himself right out of existence.

Timetipping What if everyone time-traveled except you? Jack Dann provides some surprising answers in this literary gem.

. . . as well as twelve other stories, including

Time Locker by Henry Kuttner - I'm Scared by Jack Finney - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp - The Man Who Came Early by Poul Anderson - Leviathan by Larry Niven - Anniversary Project by Joe Halderman - Fire Watch by Connie Willis - Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg - The Pure Product by John Kessel - Trapalanda by Charles Sheffield - The Price of Oranges by Nancy Kress - Another Story, or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin

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.

Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, and How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: Bombs Away, Fallout, and Armistice; the War That Came Early novels: Hitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, Coup d'Etat, Two Fronts, and Last Orders; the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.

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ISBN 13	9780345460943
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Title	The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century
Author	Harry Turtledove
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2004-12-28
Number of pages	448
Prizes	Short-listed for Locus Awards (Anthology) 2006
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