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Timescapes

by Peter Haining (Editor)

Other authors: Brian W. Aldiss (Contributor), Martin Amis (Contributor), Isaac Asimov (Contributor), J.G. Ballard (Contributor), Alfred Bester (Contributor)18 more, Ray Bradbury (Contributor), Grendel Briarton (Contributor), Arthur C. Clarke (Contributor), Philip K. Dick (Contributor), Jack Finney (Contributor), William Gibson (Contributor), James E. Gunn (Contributor), Robert A. Heinlein (Contributor), Richard Hughes (Contributor), C.M. Kornbluth (Contributor), Edward Page Mitchell (Contributor), Michael Moorcock (Contributor), William F. Nolan (Contributor), J.B. Priestley (Contributor), Eric Frank Russell (Contributor), L. Sprague de Camp (Contributor), H.G. Wells (Contributor), Robert F. Young (Contributor)

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The (im)possibility of time travel has been the subject of scientific debate since the 17th century, but in the world of fiction there is no argument - time travel was a favourite theme even before H.G. Wells popularised it in The Time Machine.
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Haining, PeterEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Aldiss, Brian W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Amis, MartinContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Asimov, IsaacContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ballard, J.G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bester, AlfredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bradbury, RayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Briarton, GrendelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clarke, Arthur C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dick, Philip K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Finney, JackContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gibson, WilliamContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gunn, James E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Heinlein, Robert A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hughes, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kornbluth, C.M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mitchell, Edward PageContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Moorcock, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nolan, William F.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Priestley, J.B.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Russell, Eric FrankContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sprague de Camp, L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wells, H.G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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7 • Introduction (Timescapes: Stories of Time Travel) • essay by Peter Haining
13 • A Little Something for Us Tempunauts • (1974) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
34 • Mr. Strenberry's Tale • (1930) • shortstory by J. B. Priestley
44 • All the Time in the World • (1952) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
56 • The Instability • (1989) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
59 • Time Has No Boundaries • (1962) • shortstory by Jack Finney (variant of The Face in the Photo)
72 • She Caught Hold of the Toe • (1925) • shortfiction by Richard Hughes
74 • The Reason Is with Us • (1958) • shortstory by James E. Gunn
84 • Man in His Time • (1965) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
111 • The Clock that Went Backwards • (1881) • shortstory by Edward Page Mitchell
124 • A Gun for Dinosaur • [Reginald Rivers] • (1956) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
151 • The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • (1962) • essay by Frederik Pohl
155 • Of Time and Kathy Benedict • (1984) • novelette by William F. Nolan
177 • Production Problem • (1959) • shortstory by Robert F. Young
179 • I Hear You Calling • (1954) • shortstory by Eric Frank Russell
184 • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed • (1958) • shortstory by Alfred Bester
197 • Time Intervening • (1947) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
205 • The Grey Man • (1895) • shortstory by H. G. Wells
209 • Flux • (1963) • novelette by Michael Moorcock and Barrington J. Bayley [as by Michael Moorcock ]
234 • The Greatest Television Show on Earth • (1972) • shortstory by J. G. Ballard
240 • Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XXXV • [Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot • 35] • (1961) • shortstory by Reginald Bretnor [as by Grendel Briarton ]
243 • Time Bum • (1953) • shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
252 • "All You Zombies—" • (1959) • shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein (variant of "All You Zombies . . .")
265 • The Gernsback Continuum • (1981) • shortstory by William Gibson
275 • The Time Disease • (1987) • shortstory by Martin Amis
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