Through Other Eyes
- by R. A. Lafferty
- Novelette
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Cameo Time Travel
- English
- “Through Other Eyes” by R. A. Lafferty, Future Science Fiction, February 1960.
Although the story is not about time travel, the characters do spend the first couple of pages reminiscing about their disappointing experiences with a time machine.
—Fred Galvin
“And watching the great Pythagorous at work.”
“And the three days that he spent on that little surveying problem. How one longed to hand him a slide-rule through the barrier and explain its working.”
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- Time Periods
- Time Travel Methods
- Generic Time Machine: the Recapitulation Correlator, aka the Time Machine
- Themes
- Invisible Traveler: And we were the only ones present who could not touch it or taste it.
- Real-World Tags
- Sappho: circa 600 BC
- Aristotle: And his discourse on the Beard in Essential and the Beard in Existential—did you follow that?
- Battle of Hastings: circa AD 1066
- Charlemagne: circa AD 800
- Nell Gwyn: during the 17th-century English Restoration
- Pythagoras: circa 500 BC
- Fictional Tags
- Lancelot: Always had a bad back that wouldn’t let him ride.
- Tristan and Iseult: from the folk tale
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Through Other Eyes” by R. A. Lafferty, Future Science Fiction, February 1960.
- “Met andere ogen” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, in Negenhonderd grootmoeders (Meulenhoff, 1972).
- “Mit anderen Augen” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, in Der metallene Traum, edited by Herbert W. May (Lichtenberg, 1971).
- “Mit anderen Augen” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, in 900 Grossmütter Band 1 (Fischer Taschenbuch, June 1974).
- “Con Occhio Altrui” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, Urania #855, 28 September 1980 [Translated by Hilda Brinis as per Fantascienza.com.].
- “他人の目” [The eyes of others], as by R・A・ラファティ, in 九百人のお祖母さん, February 1981.
Translations
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- “Through Other Eyes” by R. A. Lafferty, Future Science Fiction, February 1960.
- Dutch.
“Met andere ogen” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, in Negenhonderd grootmoeders (Meulenhoff, 1972). - German.
“Mit anderen Augen” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, in Der metallene Traum, edited by Herbert W. May (Lichtenberg, 1971). - German.
“Mit anderen Augen” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, in 900 Grossmütter Band 1 (Fischer Taschenbuch, June 1974). - Italian.
“Con Occhio Altrui” [With other eyes] by R. A. Lafferty, Urania #855, 28 September 1980 [Translated by Hilda Brinis as per Fantascienza.com.]. - Japanese.
“他人の目” [The eyes of others], as by R・A・ラファティ, in 九百人のお祖母さん, February 1981.