The Second Time Travel Megapack: 23 Modern and Classic Stories
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Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT INFO
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
THE MEGAPACK SERIES
SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES, by Robert J. Sawyer
THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL, by Mack Reynolds
THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 18, by Grendel Briarton
TIME WELL SPENT, by George Zebrowski
THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING, by Bradner Buckner
SAVING JANE AUSTEN, by Robert Reginald
IN THE CARDS, by Alan Cogan
A WITCH IN TIME, by Janet Fox
YESTERDAY’S PAPER, by Boyd Ellanby
A MATTER OF TIME, by Robert Reginald
THE MAN WHO SAW THROUGH TIME, by Leonard Raphael
CAVERNS OF TIME, by Carlos McCune
THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 110, by Grendel Briarton
LOST IN TIME, by Arthur Leo Zagat
THE LAND WHERE TIME STOOD STILL, by Arthur Leo Zagat
OUTSIDE OF TIME, by Carroll John Daly
BULL MOOSE OF BABYLON, by Don Wilcox
COMPOUNDED INTEREST, by Mack Reynolds
THE MAN WHO CHANGED HISTORY, by John York Cabot
TIME ON YOUR HANDS, by John York Cabot
INSIDE TIME, by Tim Sullivan
THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 116, by Grendel Briarton
THE GALLERY OF HIS DREAMS, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT INFO
The Second Time Travel Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the publisher.
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“Seems Like Old Times,” by Robert J. Sawyer, originally appeared in Dinosaur Fantastic. Copyright © 1993 by Robert J. Sawyer. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Business, As Usual,” by Mack Reynolds, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1952. Copyright © 1952 by Mercury Press, Inc. Copyright renewed 1980 (renewal #RE0000068550). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 18,” by Grendel Briarton, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept. 1959. Copyright © 1959 by Mercury press, renewed 1987. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Reginald Bretnor.
“Time Well Spent,” by George Zebrowski, originally appeared in Nature. Copyright © 2013 by George Zebrowski. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Day Time Stopped Moving,” by Ed Earl Repp (writing as Bradner Buckner), originally appeared in Amazing Stories,February 1939.
“Saving Jane Austen,” by Robert Reginald, originally appeared in Katydid & Other Critters: Tales of Fantasy and Mystery, by Robert Reginald (Ariadne Press, 2001), and revised for The Elder of Days: Tales of the Elders, by Robert Reginald (Borgo Press, 2010). This version has been slightly edited. Copyright © 2001, 2010, 2013 by Robert Reginald.
“In the Cards,” by Alan Cogan, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1956.
“A Witch in Time,” by Janet Fox, originally appeared in Fantastic Stories, Sept. 1973. Copyright © 1973 by the Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“Yesterday’s Paper,” by Boyd Ellanby, originally appeared in Other Worlds Science Fiction, June 1953.
“A Matter of Time,” by Robert Reginald, originally appeared in slightly different form in Katydid & Other Critters: Tales of Fantasy and Mystery. Copyright © 2001, 2013 by Robert Reginald. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Man Who Saw Through Time,” by Leonard Raphael, originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, September 1942.
“Caverns of Time,” by Carlos McCune, originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, July 1943.
“Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 110,” by Grendel Briarton, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Jan. 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Reginald Bretnor.
“Lost in Time,” by Arthur Leo Zagat, originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936. Copyright © 1936 by Popular Library, Inc. Copyright renewed 1964 (renewal #R321789). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“The Land Where Time Stood Still,” by Arthur Leo Zagat, originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936. Copyright © 1936 by Popular Library, Inc. Copyright renewed 1964 (renewal #R321789). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“Outside of Time,” by Carroll John Daly, originally appeared in Weird Tales, Jan. 1950.
“Bull Moose of Babylon,” by Don Wilcox, originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, April 1943.
“Compounded Interest,” by Mack Reynolds, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1956. Copyright © 1956 by Mercury Press, Inc. Copyright renewed 1984 (renewal #RE0000216995 ). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“The Man Who Changed History,” by David Wright O’Brien (writing as John York Cabot), originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Feb. 1942.
“Time on Your Hands,” by David Wright O’Brien (writing as John York Cabot) originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, April 1944.
“Inside Time, by Tim Sullivan, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2009. Copyright © 2009 by Tim Sullivan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 116,” by Grendel Briarton, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, July. 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Reginald Bretnor.
“The Gallery of his Dreams,” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, originally appeared in 1991 as a limited edition chapbook from Axolotl Press in July 1991 (and was reprinted by Asimov’s Science Fiction in Sept. 1991). Copyright © 1991 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
I have always loved time travel stories...and it seems I’m not alone. The Time Travel Megapack proved to be one of the most popular volumes in the series, so we put our heads together (ouch!) and assembled a follow-up, with even more modern and classic takes on the time travel theme.
We actually had a few complaints about our very broad interpretation of “time travel” in the last book. We included the original “Buck Rogers” novel, Armageddon 2419 A.D., by Phillip Francis Nowlan, in which a contemporary man ends up hundreds of years in the future. (Who says time travel has to be a two-way street?) Others readers hated, hated, hated to the Feghoot stories...which still others praised as great fun and the best thing in the book!
Well, you can’t please everyone. Hopefully you can find something in this volume to enjoy. I certainly think we’ve come up with another winner.
Enjoy!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
ABOUT THE MEGAPACKS
Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has proved to be one of our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”
The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This i
ncludes John Betancourt, Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!).
RECOMMEND A FAVORITE STORY?
Do you know a great classic science fiction story, or have a favorite author whom you believe is perfect for the Megapack series? We’d love your suggestions! You can post them on our message board at http://movies.ning.com/forum (there is an area for Wildside Press comments).
Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.
TYPOS
Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.
If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at wildsidepress@yahoo.com or use the message boards above.
THE MEGAPACK SERIES
MYSTERY
The First Mystery Megapack
The Second Mystery Megapack
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Bulldog Drummond Megapack*
The Carolyn Wells Mystery Megapack
The Charlie Chan Megapack*
The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack
The Detective Megapack
The Father Brown Megapack
The Girl Detective Megapack
The Second Girl Detective Megapack
The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack
The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Third R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Anna Katharine Green Mystery Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Philo Vance Megapack*
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Raffles Megapack
The Red Finger Pulp Mystery Megapack, by Arthur Leo Zagat*
The Sherlock Holmes Megapack
The Victorian Mystery Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
GENERAL INTEREST
The Adventure Megapack
The Baseball Megapack
The Cat Story Megapack
The Second Cat Story Megapack
The Third Cat Story Megapack
The Third Cat Story Megapack
The Christmas Megapack
The Second Christmas Megapack
The Classic American Short Stories Megapack, Vol. 1.
The Classic Humor Megapack
The Dog Story Megapack
The Doll Story Megapack
The Horse Story Megapack
The Military Megapack
The Pirate Story Megapack
The Sea-Story Megapack
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION MEGAPACKS
1. Winston K. Marks
2. Mark Clifton
3. Poul Anderson
4. Clifford D. Simak
5. Lester del Rey
6. Charles L. Fontenay
7. H.B. Fyfe
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
The First Science Fiction Megapack
The Second Science Fiction Megapack
The Third Science Fiction Megapack
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack
The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack
The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack
The Edward Bellamy Megapack
The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack
The Fredric Brown Megapack
The First Theodore Cogswell Megapack
The Ray Cummings Megapack
The Philip K. Dick Megapack
The Dragon Megapack
The Randall Garrett Megapack
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack
The Edmond Hamilton Megapack
The C.J. Henderson Megapack
The Murray Leinster Megapack
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack
The Jack London Science Fiction Megapack
The Martian Megapack
The A. Merritt Megapack*
The E. Nesbit Megapack
The Andre Norton Megapack
The H. Beam Piper Megapack
The Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Mack Reynolds Megapack
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack
The Science-Fantasy Megapack
The Robert Sheckley Megapack
The Space Opera Megapack
The Steampunk Megapack
The Time Travel Megapack
The William Hope Hodgson Megapack
The Wizard of Oz Megapack
HORROR
The Horror Megapack
The Second Horror Megapack
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The Second Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The E.F. Benson Megapack
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack
The Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack
The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack
The Ghost Story Megapack
The Second Ghost Story Megapack
The Third Ghost Story Megapack
The Haunts & Horrors Megapack
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack
The M.R. James Megapack
The Macabre Megapack
The Second Macabre Megapack
The Third Macabre Megapack
The Arthur Machen Megapack**
The Mummy Megapack
The Occult Detective Megapack
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack
The Vampire Megapack
The Weird Fiction Megapack
The Werewolf Megapack
The William Hope Hodgson Megapack
WESTERNS
The Western Megapack
The Second Western Megapack
The Third Western Megapack
The B.M. Bower Megapack
The Max Brand Megapack
The Buffalo Bill Megapack
The Cowboy Megapack
The Zane Grey Megapack
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack
YOUNG ADULT
The Bobbsey Twins Megapack
The Boys’ Adventure Megapack
The Dan Carter, Cub Scout Megapack
The Dare Boys Megapack
The Doll Story Megapack
The G.A. Henty Megapack
The Girl Detectives Megapack
The E. Nesbit Megapack
The Penny Parker Megapack
The Pinocchio Megapack
The Rover Boys Megapack
The Second Carolyn Wells Megapack
The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack
The Tom Swift Megapack
The Wizard of Oz Megapack
AUTHOR MEGAPACKS
The Achmed Abdullah Megapack
The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack
The Edward Bellamy Megapack
The E.F. Benson Megapack
The Second E.F. Benson Megapack
The Henri Bergson Megapack
The Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Megapack
The Algernon Blackwood Megapack
The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack
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p; The B.M. Bower Megapack
The Max Brand Megapack
The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack
The Fredric Brown Megapack
The Second Fredric Brown Megapack
The Wilkie Collins Megapack
The Stephen Crane Megapack
The Ray Cummings Megapack
The Guy de Maupassant Megapack
The Philip K. Dick Megapack
The Frederick Douglass Megapack
The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Megapack
The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack
The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Third R. Austin Freeman Megapack*
The Jacques Futrelle Megapack
The Randall Garrett Megapack
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack
The Anna Katharine Green Megapack
The Zane Grey Megapack
The Edmond Hamilton Megapack
The Dashiell Hammett Megapack
The C.J. Henderson Megapack
The M.R. James Megapack
The Selma Lagerlof Megapack
The Harold Lamb Megapack
The Murray Leinster Megapack***
The Second Murray Leinster Megapack***
The Jonas Lie Megapack
The Arthur Machen Megapack**
The Katherine Mansfield Megapack
The George Barr McCutcheon Megapack
The A. Merritt Megapack*
The Talbot Mundy Megapack
The E. Nesbit Megapack
The Andre Norton Megapack
The H. Beam Piper Megapack
The Mack Reynolds Megapack
The Rafael Sabatini Megapack
The Saki Megapack
The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack
The Robert Sheckley Megapack
The Bram Stoker Megapack
The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack
The Virginia Woolf Megapack
The William Hope Hodgson Megapack
* Not available in the United States
** Not available in the European Union
***Out of print.
OTHER COLLECTIONS YOU MAY ENJOY
The Great Book of Wonder, by Lord Dunsany (it should have been called “The Lord Dunsany Megapack”)