The Man Outside
- by Evelyn E. Smith
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “The Man Outside” by Evelyn E. Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1957.
When young Martin’s mother abandons him, a gaggle of his descendants descend from the future to ensure his safety.
—Michael Main
His face was pallid, because he spend little time in the sun, andhis speech rather overbred, his mentors from the future having carefully eradicated all current vulgarities.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: Martin's presumed start time
- Circa AD 1960 to 1969: Martin growing up
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: Martin as a young man
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Martin as an old man; and possible time of some descendants
- Circa AD 2100 to 2199: possible time of some descendants
- Timeline Models
- Creation of One New Timeline: At the end, we finally see the new timeline that Martin’s decendants’ plan has created.
- Someone Is Completely Erased
- Time Travel Methods
- Generic Time Machine: the time transmitter apparatus
- Themes
- Grandfather Paradox: Martin’s descendants ignorantly stop him from procreating.
- Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants
- Groupings
Variants
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- “The Man Outside” by Evelyn E. Smith, Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1957.
Translations
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- French.
Menace du futur
by Evelyn E. Smith , Galaxie #51, February 1958.
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