The Time Patrol Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Poul Anderson
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Collected works
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—time travel
- Time of Work: The near future to prehistory
- Setting: Various locations on Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Police, Future, Time travel, Earth, Superman or superbeings, Prehistoric times
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
The Time Patrol series is a loosely unified though thematically consistent collection comprising short stories and novellas. Guardians of Time was first published as a collection in 1960. Many of the stories had appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction throughout the 1950’s. “Time Patrol,” the opening story, introduces the underlying premise of the series and occupies a central role. Manse Everard is the main protagonist, and he is recruited under mysterious circumstances to the Time Patrol. The story follows his induction and his...
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