▁Time ▁( 1 9 3 6 ), ▁in ▁which ▁people ▁exchange ▁personal ities ▁in ▁dream s ▁across ▁time , ▁and ▁O la f ▁St ap led on ' s ▁Last ▁and ▁First ▁Men ▁( 1 9 3 0 ), ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁human ity ▁in ▁the ▁deep ▁future ▁ment ally ▁contact ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁past . ▁Love craft ' s ▁The ▁Sh adow ▁Out ▁of ▁Time ▁was ▁in ▁turn ▁also ▁influenced ▁by ▁The ▁Night ▁Land , ▁which ▁Love craft ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁thought ▁highly ▁of . ▁ ▁Bear ▁adm ired ▁H od g son ' s ▁imagination ▁which , ▁in ▁The ▁Night ▁Land , ▁had ▁created ▁the ▁Last ▁Red ou bt ▁as ▁a ▁" techn ological ▁preserve " ▁in ▁the ▁far ▁future ▁to ▁keep ▁out ▁mon sters ▁that ▁human ity ▁had ▁previously ▁created , ▁and ▁which ▁had ▁evol ved ▁over ▁long ▁periods ▁of ▁time . ▁But ▁Bear ' s ▁interpretation ▁of ▁The ▁Night ▁Land ▁is ▁that ▁this ▁future ▁landscape ▁is ▁a ▁" met aph ys ical ▁place ", ▁and ▁the ▁mon sters ▁are ▁" not ▁cre atures ▁of ▁this ▁Earth ". ▁For ▁Bear , ▁this ▁explanation ▁broad ens ▁the ▁novel ' s ▁scope , ▁and ▁opens ▁the ▁door ▁to ▁other ▁interpret ations . ▁ ▁Another ▁influence ▁on ▁City ▁at ▁the ▁End ▁of ▁Time ▁are ▁the ▁short ▁stories , ▁" The ▁Universal ▁Library " ▁( 1 9 0 1 ) ▁by ▁Kur d ▁L ass witz ▁and ▁" The ▁Library ▁of ▁B abel " ▁( 1 9 4 1 ) ▁by