The Connecticut Yankee in the Twentieth Century: Travel to the Past in Science Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
By Bud Foote.
Description
The first examples of travel to the past appear early in the nineteenth century, but it was not until the publication of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court that we see a hero taking advantage of a combination of hindsight and advances in technology to build an empire in the past. Given that this scenario is such a common twentieth-century fantasy, its late appearance is somewhat surprising. As fewer and fewer writers find travel to the future an appealing scenario, travel to the past and to paratime--alternative universes--have come increasingly to the forefr...
ISBN(s)
0313243271, 9780313243271
