Return of the Moon Man
- by E. L. Malpass
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Return of the Moon Man” by E. L. Malpass (as Samson Darley), in The Observer, 2 January 1955.
During a surprise trip to the moon by Grandpa, Grandma is mad about being left behind and leaves town with another man with a time machine. Grandpa returns, finds another time machine, and strands Grandma in time and space.
—Dave Hook
We got the meal ready, and then someone said, “Where is Grandfather?”
Tags
(7)
- Time Periods
- Middle Ages (AD 476 to 1454)
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: AD 1954
- Near Future, AD 2300 and Beyond: AD 2500
- Time Travel Methods
- Generic Time Machine: “Hired a time machine in Llandudno.”
- Themes
- Chases through Time: “Chased them right back to the Middle Ages.”
- Exiled or Intentionally Stranded in Time: “Stranded in the Middle Ages with no money, and no means of getting back.”
- Real-World Tags
- Black Death: “Llewellyn caught the Black Death.”
Variants
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- “Return of the Moon Man” by E. L. Malpass (as Samson Darley), in The Observer, 2 January 1955.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by E. L. Malpass as by Samson Darley
- alternative title by E. L. Maplass.“When Grandfather Flew to the Moon” by E. L. Malpass, in SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy, vol. 2., edited by Judith Merril (Dell, June 1957).
- original title by E. L. Malpass.“Return of the Moon Man” by E. L. Malpass, in Tales of Science Fiction, edited by Brian N. Ball (Hamish Hamilton, 1964).
Indexer Notes
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- Debut—Initial publication unformation in The Observer as by Darley Samson from Galactic Central.