Eric Frank Russell

writer
Short Story

Seeker of To-Morrow


Explorer Urnas Karin and his crew of twenty return to Venus from abandoned Earth along with the body of a man who appears to have traveled from the ancient past—and then they revive him, whereupon he tells of his invention of time travel (to the future only) and subsequent journey from 1998 to the present day.
I had set up my laboratory in the wilds of the Peak District in Derbyshire, in England, where work could be carried on with the minimum of interference. From this laboratory I had dispatched into the unknown, presumably the future, a multitude of objects, including several live creatures such as rats, mice, pigeons and domestic fowl. In no case could I bring back anything I had made to vanish. Once gone, the subject was gone forever. There was no way of discovering exactly where it had gone. There was nothing but to take a risk and go myself.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

The Mechanical Mice


Slightly mad scientist Burman invents a time machine that lets him see the future, from whence he brings back other inventions including a swarm of reproducing mechanical beasties.
I pinched the idea. What makes it madder is that I wasn’t quite sure of what I was stealing, and, crazier still, I don’t know from whence I stole it.
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  • Eloi Honorable Mention
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

I Hear You Calling


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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

The Waitabits


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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena