title: The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century: Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Connie Willis, and more
author: Harry Turtledove
description: LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PAST <br />H. G. Wells's seminal short story "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, including<br />"<br />"Time's Arrow" In Arthur C. Clarke's classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel-with appalling consequences. <br />"Death Ship" Richard Matheson, author of "Somewhere in Time, unveils a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon the conundrum of past and future. <br />"A Sound of Thunder" Ray Bradbury's haunting vision of modern man gone dinosaur hunting poses daunting questions about destiny and consequences. <br />"Yesterday was Monday" If all the world's a stage, Theodore Sturgeon's compelling tale follows the odyssey of an ordinary joe who winds up "backstage. <br />"Rainbird" R.A. Lafferty reflects on what might have been in this brainteaser about an inventor so brilliant that he invents himself right out of existence. <br />"Timetipping" What if everyone time-traveled except you? Jack Dann provides some surprising answers in this literary gem. <br />. . . as well as stories by Poul Anderson - L. Sprague de Camp - Jack Finney - Joe Haldeman - John Kessel - Nancy Kress - Henry Kuttner - Ursula K. Le Guin - Larry Niven - Charles Sheffield - Robert Silverberg - Connie Willis <br />By turns frightening, puzzling, and fantastic, these stories engage us in situations that may one day break free of the bonds of fantasy . . . toenter the realm of the future: "our future.
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  **THE BEST TIME TRAVEL STORIES**
  
  
  **OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY**
  
  
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  **edited by Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg**
  
  
  The Best Time Travel Stories of the Twentieth Century. Introduction copyright
  © 2005 by Harry Turtledove.
  
  
  Compilation copyright © 2005 by Harry Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg.
  
  
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  Published in the United States by Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random
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  First trade paperback edition: December 2004.
  
  