The Mosaic

by J. B. Ryan

Release: July 1940
Format: Short Story
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Emir Ismail (a soldier and scientist in a Muslim-led 20th century) travels back to the crucial Battle of Tours in 732 A.D.

This is the first story sent to us up in the ITTDB Citadel via our special arrangement with the librarians down at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

History is built event by incident—and each is a brick in its structure. If one small piece should slip—

DEBUT

“The Mosaic,” Astounding, July 1940.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

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Cited in Time Machines by Paul J. Nahin ()

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.

ITTDB Work #1303: by J. B. Ryan
Indexer: not yet assigned
Curator: Michael Main
as of 11:54 p.m. MDT, 5 May 2024
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