Erik Simon

writer, translator
Short Story

The Twonky


A man, dazed from running into a temporal snag, appears in a radio factory, whereupon (before returning to his own time) he makes a radio that’s actually a Twonky, which promptly gets shipped to a Mr. Kerry Westerfield, who is initially quite confounded and amazed at everything it does.

Because of the story’s opening, I’m convinced the Twonky is from the future. The “temporal snag” that brought it to 1942 feels like an unexpected time rift to me, although the route back to the future is an intentional journey via an unexplained method. —Michael Main
“Great Snell!” he gasped. “So that was it! I ran into a temporal snag!”
Thin arms emerge from a console radio to light a man
  • 1943 Retro Hugo
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Novel

Timescape


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  • 1981 Nebula
  • 1981 Campbell Award
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Von der Zeit, von der Erinnerung

  • From time, from memory
  • by Erik Simon
  • in Zeit-Spiele: ex oriente Science Fiction, edited by Olaf R. Spittel (Heyne, 1992)

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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel
Poem

Versunkene Zeit

  • Lost time
  • by Erik Simon
  • in Die säumige Zeitmaschine, edited by Wolfgang Jeschke (Heyne, 1994)

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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel
Poem

Temponautenlieder 1

My Heart’s in the Stone Age

  • by Erik Simon
  • in Sternbilder (ShayolDecember 1996, September 2002)

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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel
Poem

Temponautenlieder 2

O ihr grünen pleistozänen Wälder

  • O you green Pleistocene forests
  • by Erik Simon
  • in Sternbilder (Shayol, September 2002)

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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

Das Vaudeville-Prinzip

  • The Vaudeville principle
  • by Erik Simon
  • in [Zeitmaschinen, Spiegelwelten,[/em] (Shayol, March 2013)

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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel