Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne

by R. A. Lafferty

Release: February 1967
Format: Short Story
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

The Ktistec machine Epiktistes and wise men of the world decide to change one moment in the dark ages while they carefully watch for changes in their own time.

We set out basic texts, and we take careful note of the world as it is. If the world changes, then the texts should change here before our eyes.

DEBUT

“Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne,” in Galaxy, February 1967.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

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Groupings

Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()
Cited in Time Machines by Paul J. Nahin ()

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

ITTDB Work #1771: by R. A. Lafferty
Indexer: not yet assigned
Curator: Michael Main
as of 7:36 p.m. MDT, 5 May 2024
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