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The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century

by · 2004

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Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin

H.G. Wells's seminal novella 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.

Genre
science fictiontime travelfantasyalternate historyadventure
Themes
time travel
Subject
travelscience
Audience
adult
Length
long · 448 pages
Form
short stories

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