Comment Science Fiction Time Travel (Score 1) 1191
my page on Time Travel, in fact and fiction,
is at magicdragon.com
click on "genres" or "if you like this,
you'll like that" and then after 600k text page loads, click on "time travel"
excerpt (text only) follows.
TIME TRAVEL:
time machines, travel to the past or the future
Some important early time travel subcategories, and their first published examples include:
1.Present to Future: "Anno 7603", by Norwegian playwright Johan Hermann Wessel (1781)
2.Present to Past: "Missing One's Coach", anonymous, Dublin Literary Magazine, 1838, sends narrator back a millennium
3.Future to Present: "An Uncommon Sort of Spectre", Edward Page Mitchell, 1879 (or should I count the Ghost of Christmas Future in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" (1843)?
4.Past to Present: "The Hour Glass", Robert Barr, [The Strand magazine, December 1898]
5.Time Machine: 7 years before H. G. Well's "The Time Machine", there was "The Clock That Went Backwards", by Edward Page Mitchell, [The New York Sun, 18 September 1881]
Some other memorable time travel novels are:
1."Flatland" by E. A. Abbott [reprint New York: Penguin, 1986] not actually about time travel, but the key fictional work on the Fourth Dimension
2."Dracula Unbound" by Brian Aldiss (New York: Harper Collins, 1991)
3."Frankenstein Unbound" by Brian Aldiss (New York: Random House, 1973)
4."Time Cat" by Lloyd Alexander (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963)
5."Time's Arrow" by Martin Amis (1991)
6."The Trinity Paradox" by Kevin J. Anderson & Douglas Beason (New York: Bantam, 1991)
7."The Star Wagon" by M. Anderson (Washington DC: Anderson House, 1937) play on the New York stage, got poor review in New York Times
8."The Avatar" by Poul Anderson [New York: Berkley, 1978]
9."Tau Zero" by Poul Anderson [Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1970]
10."The Corridors of Time" by Poul Anderson [New York: Lancer, 1966]
11."Tourmalin's Time Cheques" by F. Anstey [New York: D. Appleton, 1891]
12."The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov (1955)
13."Pilgrims Through Space and Time" by J. O. Bailey (Westport CT: Greenwich Press, 1972)
14."Berkeley Square" by J. L. Balderston (New York: Macmillan, 1941)
15."The Fall of Chronopolis" by Barrington J. Bayley (New York: Daw, 1974)
16."Before the Dawn" by Eric Temple Bell (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1934)
17."The Time Stream" by Eric Temple Bell (Providence RI: Buffalo Books Co., 1931)
18."The Trolley To Yesteday" by J. Bellairs (New York: Dial, 1989)
19."Looking Backward, 2000-1887" by Edward Bellamy (1888; reprinted New York: Bantam, 1983)See the article "Edward Bellamy's Impact on Utopian Fiction", Sam Moskowitz, as "Voyagers Through Eternity Part XVI, XXVII", Fantasy Commentator No.49, Winter 1996.
20."Timescape" by Gregory Benford [New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980] the best of the modern time travel novels, even though only subatomic tachyons do the travelling
21."Changing the Past" by J. T. Berger (Boston: Little Brown, 1973)
22."The Fury Out of Time" by Lloyd Biggle [Garden City New York: Doubleday, 1965]
23."Lord Kelvin's Machine" by James P. Blaylock [New York: Ace, 1992] time travel based on the "suppressed" Maxwell's Equation
24."The Complete Time Traveler" by H. J. Blumenthal et al. (Berkley CA: Ten Speed Press, 1988)
25."Doctor Brodie's Report" by Jorge Luis Borges [New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972]
26."The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury [New York: Doubleday, 1950]
27."Time and Chance" by Alan Brennert (New York: Tor, 1990)
28."The Gap in the Curtain" by John Buchan [London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932]
29."Sphereland" by D. Burger [New York: Harper & Row, 1983]
30."The Man Who Folded Himself" by David Gerrold (1973)
31."Past Master" by R. A. Lafferty (1968)
32."Up the Line" by Robert Silverberg (1969)
33."Our Children's Children" by Clifford Simak (1973)
A dozen novels set in prehistoric times, whether or not visited by time machines, are:
1."An Age" by Brian Aldiss (London: Faber & Faber, 1967): time travel
2."Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean Auel (19??): anthropology
3."No Enemy But Time" by Michael Bishop (19??): time travel
4."The Shores of Kansas" by Robert Chilson (Popular Books, 1976): time travel
5."Traitor to the Living" by Philip Jose Farmer (Ballentine, 1973): time travel
6."The Inheritors" by William Golding (Harcourt Brace World, 1962): anthropology
7."Speaking of Dinosaurs" by Philip High (19??): time travel
8."Before Adam" by Jack London (Macmillan, 1906): anthropology
9."The Many-Colored Land" by Julian May (19??): time travel
10."The Mists of Dawn" by Chad Oliver (Winston, 1952): anthropology
11."Quest for Fire" by J. H. Rosny-Aine' (19??) and sequels: anthropology
12."Hawksbill Station" by Robert Silverberg (Doubleday, 1968): time travel
Mar 1948 Isaac Asimov's "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" parody of a scientific paper in "Astounding", about a
chemical which dissolves just before you add water...
The definitive book on time travel, its mathematical theory, its possibilities in modern Physics, and its literary exploration is
Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science
Fiction, by Paul Nahin [New York: American Institute of Physics,
1993]. This was a primary (but not exclusive source) for listing
(alphabetically) these short works of Time Travel science fiction:
[remainer of text omitted to avoid the "postercomment" compression filter]
is at magicdragon.com
click on "genres" or "if you like this,
you'll like that" and then after 600k text page loads, click on "time travel"
excerpt (text only) follows.
TIME TRAVEL:
time machines, travel to the past or the future
Some important early time travel subcategories, and their first published examples include:
1.Present to Future: "Anno 7603", by Norwegian playwright Johan Hermann Wessel (1781)
2.Present to Past: "Missing One's Coach", anonymous, Dublin Literary Magazine, 1838, sends narrator back a millennium
3.Future to Present: "An Uncommon Sort of Spectre", Edward Page Mitchell, 1879 (or should I count the Ghost of Christmas Future in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" (1843)?
4.Past to Present: "The Hour Glass", Robert Barr, [The Strand magazine, December 1898]
5.Time Machine: 7 years before H. G. Well's "The Time Machine", there was "The Clock That Went Backwards", by Edward Page Mitchell, [The New York Sun, 18 September 1881]
Some other memorable time travel novels are:
1."Flatland" by E. A. Abbott [reprint New York: Penguin, 1986] not actually about time travel, but the key fictional work on the Fourth Dimension
2."Dracula Unbound" by Brian Aldiss (New York: Harper Collins, 1991)
3."Frankenstein Unbound" by Brian Aldiss (New York: Random House, 1973)
4."Time Cat" by Lloyd Alexander (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963)
5."Time's Arrow" by Martin Amis (1991)
6."The Trinity Paradox" by Kevin J. Anderson & Douglas Beason (New York: Bantam, 1991)
7."The Star Wagon" by M. Anderson (Washington DC: Anderson House, 1937) play on the New York stage, got poor review in New York Times
8."The Avatar" by Poul Anderson [New York: Berkley, 1978]
9."Tau Zero" by Poul Anderson [Garden City NY: Doubleday, 1970]
10."The Corridors of Time" by Poul Anderson [New York: Lancer, 1966]
11."Tourmalin's Time Cheques" by F. Anstey [New York: D. Appleton, 1891]
12."The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov (1955)
13."Pilgrims Through Space and Time" by J. O. Bailey (Westport CT: Greenwich Press, 1972)
14."Berkeley Square" by J. L. Balderston (New York: Macmillan, 1941)
15."The Fall of Chronopolis" by Barrington J. Bayley (New York: Daw, 1974)
16."Before the Dawn" by Eric Temple Bell (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1934)
17."The Time Stream" by Eric Temple Bell (Providence RI: Buffalo Books Co., 1931)
18."The Trolley To Yesteday" by J. Bellairs (New York: Dial, 1989)
19."Looking Backward, 2000-1887" by Edward Bellamy (1888; reprinted New York: Bantam, 1983)See the article "Edward Bellamy's Impact on Utopian Fiction", Sam Moskowitz, as "Voyagers Through Eternity Part XVI, XXVII", Fantasy Commentator No.49, Winter 1996.
20."Timescape" by Gregory Benford [New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980] the best of the modern time travel novels, even though only subatomic tachyons do the travelling
21."Changing the Past" by J. T. Berger (Boston: Little Brown, 1973)
22."The Fury Out of Time" by Lloyd Biggle [Garden City New York: Doubleday, 1965]
23."Lord Kelvin's Machine" by James P. Blaylock [New York: Ace, 1992] time travel based on the "suppressed" Maxwell's Equation
24."The Complete Time Traveler" by H. J. Blumenthal et al. (Berkley CA: Ten Speed Press, 1988)
25."Doctor Brodie's Report" by Jorge Luis Borges [New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972]
26."The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury [New York: Doubleday, 1950]
27."Time and Chance" by Alan Brennert (New York: Tor, 1990)
28."The Gap in the Curtain" by John Buchan [London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932]
29."Sphereland" by D. Burger [New York: Harper & Row, 1983]
30."The Man Who Folded Himself" by David Gerrold (1973)
31."Past Master" by R. A. Lafferty (1968)
32."Up the Line" by Robert Silverberg (1969)
33."Our Children's Children" by Clifford Simak (1973)
A dozen novels set in prehistoric times, whether or not visited by time machines, are:
1."An Age" by Brian Aldiss (London: Faber & Faber, 1967): time travel
2."Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean Auel (19??): anthropology
3."No Enemy But Time" by Michael Bishop (19??): time travel
4."The Shores of Kansas" by Robert Chilson (Popular Books, 1976): time travel
5."Traitor to the Living" by Philip Jose Farmer (Ballentine, 1973): time travel
6."The Inheritors" by William Golding (Harcourt Brace World, 1962): anthropology
7."Speaking of Dinosaurs" by Philip High (19??): time travel
8."Before Adam" by Jack London (Macmillan, 1906): anthropology
9."The Many-Colored Land" by Julian May (19??): time travel
10."The Mists of Dawn" by Chad Oliver (Winston, 1952): anthropology
11."Quest for Fire" by J. H. Rosny-Aine' (19??) and sequels: anthropology
12."Hawksbill Station" by Robert Silverberg (Doubleday, 1968): time travel
Mar 1948 Isaac Asimov's "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" parody of a scientific paper in "Astounding", about a
chemical which dissolves just before you add water...
The definitive book on time travel, its mathematical theory, its possibilities in modern Physics, and its literary exploration is
Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science
Fiction, by Paul Nahin [New York: American Institute of Physics,
1993]. This was a primary (but not exclusive source) for listing
(alphabetically) these short works of Time Travel science fiction:
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