William P. McGivern

writer
Novel

Doorway of Vanishing Men


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  • Science Fiction
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

Sidetrack in Time


Philip Kingley has a plan to get rid of his time-traveling professor some 5000 years in the future. Unfortunately, the ending to Philip’s professor also got rid of any chance more than half a star in my rating.
He scrambled out of the machine, the delirious feeling of success and power coursing through his veins like strong drink. His eyes traveled about the laboratory, slowly, gloatingly. All of it his. The equipment, the formulas, and most of all—the time machine.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Flame for the Future


In 1990 with worldwide war still underway, a Hitleresque Leader sends two lieutenants into the future to recruit soldiers from the super race that he is creating, but the lieutenants seem to find only a barren Earth where they discuss the situation and smoke their cigarettes.
“The object before you is a Time Machine,” he said with repressed pride. “The result of our Ingenuity and skill. With it we will draw new support to our Cause. Two of my most trusted Lieutenants are to travel into the future to enlist the aid of the races which will be created by us.”
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Kidnaped into the Future


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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Novelette

Safari to the Lost Ages


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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

Double Cross in Double Time


I like stories that begin with a want ad, including Heinlein’s Glory Road and the recent movie Safety Not Guaranteed. This is the earliest such story that I’ve seen, in which Paddy Donovan answers the ad (just off Fourth Avenue) to find Professor O’Neill, the professor’s angelic daughter, and a machine that stimulates a man’s dormant ability to travel through time. So, after a quick jaunt to ancient Egypt, Paddy offers to bankroll the development of the time machine’s business potential.
Opening for young man of adventurous nature. Opportunity for travel, excitement, glory.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Novelette

The Man Who Bought Tomorrow


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  • Undetermined
  • Undetermined Time Travel