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  Time Travel Omnibus

  Volume 2: N thru Z

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  Title Page

  Time Travel is Easy! Kinda . . . (essay)

  Dr. Brian Cox

  NEBOGIPFEL AT THE END OF TIME

  Richard A. Lupoff

  NEEDLE IN A TIMESTACK

  Robert Silverberg

  NIGHT

  John W. Campbell, Jr.

  NO MAN’S LAND

  Allister Timms

  NO SHIPS PASS

  Lady Eleanor Smith

  NOBLE MOLD

  Kage Baker

  NUMBER 73 GLAD AVENUE

  Suzanne J. Willis

  OCCUPATION DUTY

  Harry Tutrledove

  ODD

  John Wyndham

  OF MISSING PERSONS

  Jack Finney

  OF TIME AND KATHY BENEDICT

  William F. Nolan

  OF TIME AND TEXAS

  William F. Nolan

  ON THE STAIRCASE

  Katharine Fullerton Gerould

  ON THE WATCHTOWER AT PLATAEA

  Gary Kilworth

  ONE ONE THOUSAND

  William Wood

  ONE RAINY DAY IN PARIS

  Skip Williams and Penny Williams

  ONE TIME AROUND?

  John Helfers

  OPENING THE DOOR

  Arthur Machen

  OTHER TRACKS

  William Sell

  OUTSIDE OF TIME

  Carroll John Daly

  OYER AND TERMINER

  Joe Masdon

  PALELY LOITERING

  Christopher Priest

  PALINDROMIC

  Peter Crowther

  PALE ROSES

  Michael Moorcock

  PARADOX LOST

  Fredric Brown

  PARSLEY, SAGE, ROSEMARY AND TIME

  John L. Breen

  PAWLEY’S PEEPHOLES

  John Wyndham

  PAYCHECK

  Philip K. Dick

  PERPETUAL MOTION BLUES

  Harper Hull

  PHANTAS

  Oliver Onions

  PRAIRIE SUN

  Edward Bryant

  PREVENGE

  Mike Resnick and Kevin J. Anderson

  PROJECT MASTODON

  Clifford D. Simak

  PRODUCTION PROBLEM

  Robert F. Young

  PROFESSOR FIGWORT COMES TO AN UNDERSTANDING

  Jacob Edwards

  PRUNING THE TREE

  Chris Pierson

  QUID PRO QUO

  Ray Bradbury

  RAINBIRD

  R.A. Lafferty

  REAL TIME

  Lawrence Watt Evans

  RED LETTER DAY

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  RIP VAN WINKLE

  Washington Irving

  RIPPLES IN THE DIRAC SEA

  Geoffrey a. Landis

  ROAD MAP

  F.M. Busby

  ROBOT VISIONS

  Isaac Asimov

  ROCK DIVER

  Harry Harrison

  ROCKING MY DREAMBOAT

  Victorya

  ROTATING CYLINDERS

  Larry Niven

  SAFARI TO THE LOST AGES

  William P. McGivern

  SAILING TO BYZANTIUM

  Robert Silverberg

  SCREAM QUIETLY

  Sheila Crosby

  SECOND CHANCES

  Jack Finney

  SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES

  Robert J. Sawyer

  SERVICE CALL

  Philip K. Dick

  SHE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE TOE

  Richard Hughes

  SIDEWAYS IN TIME

  Murray Leinster

  SMALL MOMENTS IN TIME

  John G. Hemry

  SPOILERS

  Linda P. Parker

  SPREE

  John Medaille

  STANDING STILL

  Donald J. Bingle

  STAR BRIGHT

  Mark Clifton

  STEALING TIME

  Douglas W. Daech

  SUCH INTERESTING NEIGHBORS

  Jack Finney

  SUNLIGHT AND SHADOWS

  JW Schnarr and John Sunseri

  SWEEP ME TO MY REVENGE!

  Darrell Schweitzer

  SWING TIME

  Carrie Vaughn

  TECH SUPPORT

  Richard A. Lovett

  TERMINÓS

  Dean Francis Alfar

  THE ALTERNATIVE

  Maurice Baring

  THE ANTICIPATOR

  Morely Roberts

  THE AUTHENTIC TOUCH

  Kevin J. Anderson

  THE AZTEC SUPREMACIST

  Sheralyn Schofield Belyeu

  THE BEETHOVEN PROJECT

  Donald Moffitt

  THE BEST-LAID SCHEME

  L. Sprague de Camp

  THE CATCH

  Kage Baker

  THE CHOICE

  W. Hilton Young

  THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL

  Mack Reynolds

  THE CARPET BEDS OF SUTRO PARK

  Kage Baker

  THE CHRONIC ARGONAUTS

  H.G Wells

  THE CHRONOCLASM

  John Wyndham

  THE CHRONOLOGY PROTECTION CASE

  Paul Levinson

  THE CLOCK

  A.E.W. Mason

  THE CLOCK THAT WENT BACKWARD

  Edward Page Mitchell

  THE COIN COLLECTOR

  Jack Finney

  THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTONS

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  THE DEADLY MISSION OF PHINEAS SNODGRASS

  Frederik Pohl

  THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING

  Bradner Buckner

  THE DEVIL OF THE WESTERN SEA

  Philip M. Fisher

  THE DEVIL YOU DON’T

  Matthew Hughes

  THE DRAGON WORE TROUSERS

  Bob Buckley

  THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE

  H. Beam Piper

  THE END

  Fredric Brown

  THE END IN EDEN

  Steven Utley

  THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT

  Peter Clines

  THE ETERNAL WALL

  Raymond Z. Gallun

  THE EVER-BRANCHING TREE

  Harry Harrison

  THE FACE IN THE PHOTO

  Jack Finney

  THE FINAL DAYS

  David Langford

  THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD

  Rudyard Kipling

  THE FLIGHT THAT FAILED

  E.M. Hull

  THE FOX AND THE FOREST

  Ray Bradbury

  THE GALLERY OF HIS DREAMS

  Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  THE GERNSBACK CONTINUUM

  William Gibson

  THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS

  Paul Cornell

  THE GNARLY MAN

  L. Sprague de Camp

  THE GREAT CLOCK

  Langdon Jones

  THE GREATEST TELEVISION SHOW ON EARTH

  J.G. Ballard

  THE GREY MAN

  H.G. Wells

  THE GULF OF THE YEARS

  George-Olivier Châteaureynaud

  THE HAT THING

  Matthew Hughes

  THE HOLE ON THE CORNER

  R.A. Lafferty

  THE HOMELESS ONE

  A.E. Coppard

  THE HOUSE THAT MADE THE SIXTEEN LOOPS OF TIME

  Tams
yn Muir

  THE INSTABILITY

  Isaac Asimov

  THE INVENTION OF TIME TRAVEL

  Jim Loy

  THE ILE OF DOGGES

  Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette

  THE KING OF WHERE-I-GO

  Harold Waldrop

  THE LAND WHERE TIME STOOD STILL

  Arthur Leo Zagat

  THE LAST ARTICLE

  Harry Turtledove

  THE LAST TWO DAYS OF LARRY JOSEPH’S LIFE

  Bill Adler, Jr.

  THE LITTLE BLACK BAG

  C.M. Kornbluth

  THE LOST CANAL

  Michael Moorcock

  THE LOST PILGRIM

  Gene Wolfe

  THE MAN FROM TIME

  Frank Belknap Long

  THE MAN IN CELL 91

  Gene Deweese

  THE MAN IN THE PINK SHIRT

  Larry Niven

  THE MAN WHO BOUGHT TOMORROW

  William P. McGivern

  THE MAN WHO CAME EARLY

  Poul Anderson

  THE MAN WHO CHANGED HISTORY

  John York Cabot

  THE MAN WHO ENDED HISTORY: A DOCUMENTARY

  Ken Liu

  THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE

  Edmond Hamilton

  THE MAN WHO SAW THROUGH TIME

  Leonard Raphael

  THE MAN WHO WALKED HOME

  James Tiptree, Jr.

  THE MEN WHO MURDERED MOHAMMED

  Alfred Bester

  THE MASK OF REX

  Richard Bowes

  THE MESSAGE

  Isaac Asimov

  THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AFTER NEXT

  Murray Leinster

  THE MIST

  Peter Cartur

  THE MISTS OF TIME

  Tom Purdom

  THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD

  Steve Bein

  THE MOUSE RAN DOWN

  Adrian Tchaikovsky

  THE MYSTERY OF JOHN TITOR

  Rick Paulas

  THE OLD MAN

  Holloway Horn

  THE OTHER END OF THE LINE

  Walter Tevis

  THE OTHER INAUGURATION

  Anthony Boucher

  THE POWER AND THE GLORY

  Robert E. Vardeman

  THE PRICE OF ORANGES

  Nancy Kress

  THE PURE PRODUCT

  John Kessel

  THE PUSHER

  John Varley

  THE REASON IS WITH US

  James E. Gunn

  THE ROCKING-HORSE WINNER

  D.H. Lawrence

  THE ROUSING OF MR. BRADEGAR

  H.F. Heard

  THE SECRET PLACE

  Richard McKenna

  THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME

  H.P. Lovecraft

  THE SHAMAN

  Annie Jones

  THE SILVER MIRROR

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  THE SKULL

  Philip K. Dick

  THE SOLID MEN

  C.J. Henderson

  THE TAIPAN

  W. Somerset Maughum

  THE TELLER OF TIME

  Carl Frderick

  THE THIRD LEVEL

  Jack Finney

  THE TIME DISEASE

  Martin Amis

  THE TIME MACHINE

  H.G. Wells

  THE TIME TELEPHONE

  Adam Roberts

  THE TIME TRAGEDY

  Raymond A. Palmer

  THE TIME TRAVEL DEVICE

  James Van Pelt

  THE TIME TRAVEL CLUB

  Charlie Jane Anders

  THE TIME TRAVELER

  Vincent L. Scarsella

  THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE

  Scott William Carter

  THE TIMESWEEPERS

  Keith Laumer

  THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR

  Ray Bradbury

  THE THREADS OF TIME

  C.J. Cherryh

  THE TRUTH ABOUT WEENA

  David J. Lake

  THE VARIABLE MAN

  Philip K. Dick

  THE VERY SLOW TIME MACHINE

  Ian Watson

  THE WAITABITS

  Erik Frank Russell

  THE WAVE-FUNCTION COLLAPSE

  Steven Utley

  THE WEED OF TIME

  Norman Spinrad

  THE WIND OVER THE WORLD

  Steven Utley

  THE WINDOW OF TIME

  Richard Matheson

  THE WINDS OF TIME

  James H. Schmitz

  THE WOMAN WHO CAME TO THE PARADOX

  Derek J. Goodman

  THE WORLD OF NULL-T

  Gene DeWeese

  THERE AND THEN

  Steven Utley

  THESE ARE THE TIMES

  John G. Hemry

  THESE STONES WILL REMEMBER

  Reginald Bretnor

  THIRTY SECONDS FROM NOW

  John Chu

  THIS PRETTY PACE

  Jason Chapman

  THIS TRAGIC GLASS

  Elizabeth Bear

  THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

  Eileen Gunn

  THREE POWER PLAY

  Wes Nicholson

  THREE SUNDAYS IN A WEEK

  Edgar Allen Poe

  THROUGH SPACE AND TIME WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT

  Grendel Briarton

  THUS WE FRUSTRATE CHARLEMAGNE

  R.A. Lafferty

  TIME ABLAZE

  Michael A. Burstein

  TIME AND TIME AGAIN

  H. Beam Piper

  TIME BUM

  C.M. Kornbluth

  TIME CONSIDERED AS A SERIES OF THERMITE BURNS

  Damien Broderick

  TIME ENOUGH

  Damon Knight

  TIME GYPSY

  Ellen Klages

  TIME HAS NO BOUNDARIES

  Jack Finney

  TIME INTERVENING

  Ray Bradbury

  TIME LOCKER

  Henry Kuttner

  TIME ON YOUR HANDS

  John York Cabot

  TIME OUT

  Edward M. Lerner

  TIME PUSSY

  Isaac Asimov

  TIME SHARING

  Jody Lyne Nye

  TIME WELL SPENT

  George Zebrowski

  TIMETIPPING

  Jack Dann

  TIME TRAVELERS NEVER DIE

  Jack McDevitt

  TIME WANTS A SKELETON

  Jack Dann

  TIME, AGAIN

  Tim Maly

  TIME’S ARROW

  Arthur C. Clarke

  TIME’S CRUEL GEOMETRY

  Mark Onspaugh

  TIMELESS LISA

  Robert E. Vardeman

  TRAPALANDA

  Charles Sheffield

  TOMORROW AND TOMORROW

  Ray Bradbury

  TRANSFER POINT

  Anthony Boucher

  TRICERATOPS SUMMER

  Michael Swanwick

  TRAVELLER’S REST

  David I. Masson

  TRY AND CHANGE THE PAST

  Fritz Leiber

  TRY AND TRY AGAIN

  Pierce Askegren

  TRY, TRY AGAIN

  John Gregory Betancourt

  TWEMBER

  Steve Ransic Tem

  TWENTY-ONE, COUNTING UP

  Harry Turtledove

  TWO SHOTS FROM FLY’S PHOTO GALLERY

  John Shirley

  TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE

  Vicki Steger

  UNBORN TOMORROW

  Mack Reynolds

  UNDER SIEGE

  George R.R. Martin

  UNSOLVED HISTORIES

  Greg Cox

  VINTAGE SEASON

  Lawrence O’Donnell

  VOICES

  Jackie Cassada

  WALK TO THE MOON

  Sean McKullen

  WATERSPIDER

  Philip K. Dick

  WHAT GOES AROUND

  Derryl Murphy

  WHAT IF . . .

  Isaac Asimov
r />   WHEN TIME TURNED

  Ethel Watts Mumford

  WHERE OR WHEN

  Steve Utley

  WHERE THE CLUETTS ARE

  Jack Finney

  WHO’S CRIBBING?

  Jack Lewis

  WITH FATE CONSPIRE

  Vandana Singh

  WIKIHISTORY

  Desmond Warzel

  WIRELESS

  Rudyard Kipling

  WOMEN ON THE BRINK OF A CATACLYSM

  Molly Brown

  WORKING ON BORROWED TIME

  John G. Hemry

  WORLDS TO BARTER

  John B. Harris

  WRITTEN BY THE WINNERS

  Matthew Johnson

  XMAS

  Douglas Hutcheson

  YESHUA’S CHOICE

  Nancy V. Varian

  YESTERDAY’S PAPER

  Boyd Ellanby

  YESTERDAY WAS MONDAY

  Theodore Sturgeon

  YOU SEE, BUT YOU DO NOT OBSERVE

  Robert J. Sawyer

  TIME TRAVEL IS EASY! KINDA . . .

  Dr. Brian Cox

  British physics superstar Professor Brian Cox has gone on the record to say that time travel is possible. Unfortunately, there’s a huge caveat to his claim: if you were able to achieve this feat, you’d only be able to travel into the future; never to return. Why? Traveling into the past is impossible.

  Possibly.

  The idea of mono-directional time travel is a slap in the face for most science fiction storylines, but fortunately for Marty McFly there’s no risk of accidentally sleeping with his mother from 1955 in this scenario. However, zooming around on hovering skateboards in the future is totally plausible.

  Maybe.

  However, he wouldn’t have been able to return to 1985, or travel back to 1955 like he does in the first film.

  “If you go fast, your clock runs slow relative to people who are still. As you approach the speed of light, your clock runs so slow you could come back 10,000 years in the future.”

  The theory is based on Einstein’s Theory of Special Relatively that states to travel forward in time, an object would need to reach speeds close to the speed of light.

  As an object approach these speeds, time slows down but only for that specific object travelling.

  For example, people flying over the Atlantic will experience time passing marginally slower than people on the ground.

  “In General Relativity, you can do it in principle,” continued Cox.

  “It’s to do with building these things called wormholes; shortcuts through space and time. But most physicists doubt it.

  “Hawking came up with the ‘chronology protection conjecture’—physics we don’t yet understand that means wormholes are not stable.”

  Cox pointed out this little trick of physics at a speech at the British Science Festival while discussing the merits of Doctor Who’s TARDIS, but it probably isn’t news to anyone with a basic knowledge of how Einstein’s theory of Special Relativity works. Although the UK national press seems to think otherwise.

  “Can you build a time machine?” said Cox. “The answer is yes.”

  Assuming we could build a spaceship that will accelerate an astronaut close to the speed of light, only for them to return a few hours later (in the astronaut’s time frame), through a quirk of relativity it’s possible that thousands of years would have passed on Earth. Therefore, the superfast spaceship will have become a time machine! Want to go further into the future? No problem! Fly the spaceship even faster.