Time and Again (Simak novel)

Time and Again (sometimes written as Time & Again) is a 1951 science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak. An alternate paperback title was First He Died; it was also serialized (with a different ending) as Time Quarry.[1][2]

Time and Again
AuthorClifford D. Simak
Publication date
1951
Time Quarry published in Galaxy Science Fiction Novels (October 1950).

The plot involved a long-lost spaceman returning to Earth from a distant planet where the "souls" of humans may live. His fuddled observations spark a religious schism and war, and "future folk insist [he] should be killed on sight as he will otherwise write a book that, because it tells a truth inconvenient to religious bigots, will cause the death of millions".[3] Evolutionary transcendence is a theme, as it was for a number of other Simak novels.[4] The novel is one of Simak's more popular works.[5]

References

  1. "Galaxy's Five Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction: 101. August 1951.
  2. Galaxy Magazine, October 1950
  3. Keith Brooke (2012). Strange Divisions and Alien Territories: The Sub-Genres of Science Fiction. p. 70.
  4. Brian M. Stableford (2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. p. 482.
  5. Philip A. Greasley (2001). Dictionary of Midwestern Literature. Volume 1: The Authors. p. 467.
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