Past Master
by R. A. Lafferty
Thomas More is brought from the 16th century to the 26th in a time
machine to save the world.
— Fred Galvin
We are trying to find a new sort of leader who can slow, even reverse, the break-up,
Paul. We’ve selected a man from the Earth Past, Thomas More. We will present him to the
people only as the Thomas, or perhaps, to be more fanciful, as the Past Master. You know
of him?
Past Master by R. A. Lafferty (Ace Books,
1968).