1968, ISBN: 1592241069

David I. Masson] began publishing sf with Traveller's Rest for NEW WORLDS in 1965; his fiction, including this extraordinarily intense study in the distortion of PERCEPTION, was assembled… More...

David I. Masson] began publishing sf with Traveller's Rest for NEW WORLDS in 1965; his fiction, including this extraordinarily intense study in the distortion of PERCEPTION, was assembled in _The Caltraps of Time_ (coll 1968), which single volume established his strong reputation as a writer of vigorously experimental, vivid, often scientifically sound stories. Notable among them, and reflecting his close and informed interest in LINGUISTICS, were Not so Certain (1967) and the brilliant TIME-TRAVEL story A Two-Timer (1966), told entirely in language appropriate to 1683, the year from which the inadvertent time traveller is whisked into the future. Each of DIM's stories seems to be a solution to some cognitive or creative problem or challenge ... (John Clute, _The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction_) anthologies,contemporary,fiction,literature and fiction,science fiction,science fiction and fantasy,short stories Science Fiction & Fantasy, Wildside Press, LLC<

1968, ISBN: 9781592241064

" David I. Masson] began publishing sf with "Traveller's Rest" for NEW WORLDS in 1965; his fiction, including this extraordinarily intense study in the distortion of PERCEP… More...

" David I. Masson] began publishing sf with "Traveller's Rest" for NEW WORLDS in 1965; his fiction, including this extraordinarily intense study in the distortion of PERCEPTION, was assembled in _The Caltraps of Time_ (coll 1968), which single volume established his strong reputation as a writer of vigorously experimental, vivid, often scientifically sound stories. Notable among them, and reflecting his close and informed interest in LINGUISTICS, were "Not so Certain" (1967) and the brilliant TIME-TRAVEL story "A Two-Timer" (1966), told entirely in language appropriate to 1683, the year from which the inadvertent time traveller is whisked into the future. Each of DIM's stories seems to be a solution to some cognitive or creative problem or challenge ..." (John Clute, _The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction_) The Caltraps of Time Masson, David I., Cosmos Books<