The Paradox Men (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Harness
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—time travel
- Time of Work: 2177
- Setting: Various locations on Earth and the Moon, and in solar orbit
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Time travel, Earth, Totalitarianism, Superman or superbeings, Moon or moons
- Locales: Earth, Moon, Solar system
The Plot
Originally published as a magazine novel under the title Flight into Yesterday, the story later was slightly expanded and published in book format under that same title. A subsequent paperback version gave it the title The Paradox Men. The book went out of print in the United States for twenty-nine years, then appeared again in 1984, in substantially expanded and revised form.
The Paradox Men is the story of a decaying civilization—America Imperial—and the efforts of one man to ensure that the future will not be as brutal and decadent as...
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