R・A・ラファティ

R. A. Lafferty

Japanese variant of R. A. Lafferty
Novelette

Future Science Fiction, February 1960

Through Other Eyes

Although the story is not about time travel, the characters do spend the first couple of pages reminiscing about their disappointing experiences with a time machine. —Fred Galvin
“And watching the great Pythagorous at work.”
“And the three days that he spent on that little surveying problem. How one longed to hand him a slide-rule through the barrier and explain its working.”
Pen-and-ink drawing of the head of a man staring forward while others parade beside him in futuristic dress.
  • Science Fiction
  • Cameo Time Travel
Novelette

The Six Fingers of Time

The story does not involve time travel, but it does have speeded-up time as in “The New Accelerator” by H. G. Wells. —Fred Galvin
I awoke this morning to some very puzzling incidents. It seemed that time itself had stopped, or that the whole world had gone into super-slow motion.
Pen-and-ink drawing of streaks of wind blowing by the head of an older, smirking man.
  • Fantasy
  • Time Phenomena
Novel

Past Master

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?
Two abstract paintings of a black-and-white spiral with color blotches and of a group of five blockish heads.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel