Nice Girl with 5 Husbands

by Fritz Leiber

• Release: April 1951
• Format: Short Story
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Audience: Adults
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

“Who are you talking about?”

“My husbands.” She shook her head dolefully. “To find five more difficult men would be positively Martian.”

VARIANTS

2 English variants

TRANSLATIONS

Translations to Dutch, French

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Circa AD 1950 to 1959: starting time period in 1950
• Circa AD 2000 to 2099: destination time period in 2050

Time Travel Methods

• Time Rifts: The time wind is a semi-permanent physical phenomenon, making this a time rift rather than a timeslip.

Real-World Tags

• Ambrose Bierce
• Marie Celeste

Groupings

• Galaxy Science Fiction (periodical): April 11951
• Cited in Time Machines by Paul J. Nahin (): p. xx

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From the American Southwest, 1950 ⋙ to the same location, 2050. Round trip. Note: The time wind blows 100 years, and the story states that the traveler lands in 2050.