Time Travel with Phil ROUS 9:29

The Man Who came Early Poul Anderson (published 1956)

The mountain goats that stood watch over the fjord, indifferently chewing on the wild grasses between the rocks, had kids following them on their steep paths... Olaf, my third father, my king, had a son, stillborn. Olaf wept. Kenna wept. I wept as the boy was buried inside the casket with his mother in our graveyard by the church.” ― Jason Born, The Norseman (The Norseman Chronicles)

1. Length:Twenty Three Pages
2. Genre: Science Fiction
3. Category: Time Travel in the Golden Age of Science Fiction
4. Characters

CivilizedBarbarian

PriestThorbrand-Norse Warrior

White ChristThor and the Frost Giants

Time Traveler Gerald

Warlocks

Irish Monks

Norsemen
5. Setting:
• Iceland

Time Periods

Time FromTime To

1933970

What's It About, Man?A time traveler,Gerald, finds himself in a time before Iceland had been civilized. He must find a way to survive, in spite of the culture clash, and the lack of knowledge of the time. Will the shock be too much for him?

First Words

YES, WHEN A MAN grows old he has heard so much that is stranger there's little more can surprise him.

Last Words

Maybe some of them, walking about on the heaths will see that barrow and wonder, what ancient warrior lies buried there, and they may well wish they had lived long ago in this time, when men were free.

Favorite Quote

What I Learned About Writing

Turnip Tidbits

1. Poul Anderson investigated time travel in a series of short stories "Time Patrol" which are collected in Guardians of Time
2. Time Patrol and Guardians of Time was ranked 110 and 111, of the best Time Travel Books of All Time
3. You can read a number of his books at the Free Speculative Fiction Online.

Where to Find The Story

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century