Trips In Time Author:Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, Peter Phippips I want to offer her a group of time-travel stories of a different sort, more subtle variants on the basic notion, stories of people who float back and forth along the time stream in ways more intricate than those imagined by the old pioneers. — Among Editor Robert Silverberg's time-travel stories are some powerful tales - Robert Sheckley's "The K... more »ings Wishes" delineates the problems of a demon who can only make good by stealing modern appliances and carting them into the year 2000 B.C.
Two monkish ghosts, ten thousand cans of American Miracle Meal, and some starving twelfth-century refugees are the ingenious ingredients of Peter Phillips "Manna"
"Try and Change the Past" is exactly what the time-traveler does in Fritz Leiber's story, forgetting to take into account the Law of Conservation of Reality.
In "MUgwump 4", Al Miller is only trying to call the finance company, but the future is where Robert Silverberg's hero ends up - permanently.
Marat Randall's "Secret Rider" is a woman who runs a race with time and space in pursuit of love.
These, plus four other stories by Christopher Priest, Poul Anderson, Roger Zelazny, and A.E. van Vogt, are a special treat for science-fiction fans...who will revel in these tales of adventure,humor, fantasy and drama.« less