title: Child of Time
author:  Isaac Asimov 
description: Based on an Asimov short story, "The Ugly Little Boy". A children's nurse is hired as part of a scientific project aimed at bringing a living being from the past to the present. A four-year-old Neanderthal boy is snatched from his home and hurled 40,000 years into a terrifying future.
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  ** Calliope In Time **
  
  ** By Holly St. Clair **
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Text Copyright ©2006,Holly St. Clair
  
  ©2008 Basementia Productions
  
  All rights reserved
  
  ISBN 978-0-9766423-1-2
  
    
  
  Table of Contents
  
  [Preface](text00000.html#_Toc359436298)
  
  [Shoes—Going About Without](text00000.html#_Toc359436299)
  
  [Shoes—Gifts From the Universe](text00000.html#_Toc359436300)
  
  [Chapter 2 Work:—A Child's Industry](text00000.html#_Toc359436301)
  
  [Work—Vocations Looming](text00000.html#_Toc359436302)
  
  [Work—Relationships That Work](text00000.html#_Toc359436303)
  
  [Work—Unexpected Directions](text00000.html#_Toc359436304)
  
  [Chapter 3: Mirrors—You Are What You See](text00000.html#_Toc359436305)
  
  [Mirrors—You Are What You Pretend](text00000.html#_Toc359436306)
  
  [Mirrors—The Reflectors Reflect](text00000.html#_Toc359436307)
  
  [Chapter 4: Puppets—Squishy Identities](text00000.html#_Toc359436308)
  
  [Puppets—The Plays Begin](text00000.html#_Toc35943630