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chronological reading list of Prof. Urban Chronotis of St. Cedd's College, Cambridge

1781 "Anno 7603"
1819 "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
1838 "Missing One's Coach" (to 8th century)
1843 "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, "A Tale of the Ragged Mts." by Edgar Allen Poe (to 1780)
1856 "January First, A.D. 3000" in Jan. 12 Harper's New Monthly Magazine
1879 "An Uncommon Sort of Spectre" by Edward P. Mitchell
1881 "The Clock That Went Backwards" by Edward Paige Mitchell (to 16th century Holland)
1888 Looking Backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy
1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, "The Hour Glass" by Robert Barr
1890 Phra the Phoenician by Edwin Lester Arnold
1891 The Time Bargain, Tourmalin's Time Cheques
1895 The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, "Pausodyne" by G. Allen, in British Barbarians
1898 "The Hour Glass", 10,000 Years in a Block of Ice by L. Boussenard, When the Sleeper Awakes by H. G. Wells
1904 Around A Distant Star by Jean Delaire
1905 "The Time Reflector" by George Allen England
1908 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
1919 "The Runaway Skyscraper" by Murray Leinster (to pre-Columbian America)
1926 An Experiment in Time by J. W. Dunn
1927 The Time Raider by Edmond Hamilton
1928 "The Master Ants" by Francis Flagg
1929 The Man Who Lost Himself
1930 "The FitzGerald Contraction" by M. J. Breuer in Jan. Science Wonder Stories, "The Time Valve" by M. J. Breuer in July Wonder Stories, "The Time Ray of Jandra" by Ray Palmer (to 15,000 BC), "The Man Who Saw the Future" by Edmond Hamilton
1931 The Time Stream by John Taine, "Via the Time Accelerator" by F. J. Bridge in Jan. Amazing Stories, "World of the Red Sun" by Clifford D. Simak, "Worlds to Barter" by John Beynon Harris
1932 "The Gap in the Curtain", "The Einstein See-Saw" by M. J. Breuer in Apr. Astounding Stories, "The Finger of the Past" by M. J. Breuer in Nov. Amazing Stories, "The Moon Era" by Jack Williamson
1933 "Wanderers of Time" by John Wyndham, "A Race in Time" by Donald Wandrei
1934 Before the Dawn, The Serial Universe by J. W. Dunn
1935 "The Fourth Dimensional Demonstrator" by Murray Leinster, "Alas, All Thinking" by Harry Bates, "The Morrison Monument" by Murray Leinster, Liners of Time by John Russell Fearn
1936 "The Circle of Zoo" by Stanley G. Weinbaum
1937 "The Star Wagon", "The Sands of Time" by P. Schuyler Miller (to 60,000,000 BC), "The Discarded Veil" by Arthur J. Burks (to Ice Age), "Seeker of Tomorrow" by Eric Frank Russell and  Leslie J. Johnson, Zagribud by John Russell Fearn, "Time and the Conways" by J. B. Priestley
1938 The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson, "Eye of the Past" by Eando Binder in Mar. Astounding Science Fiction, "The Time Trap" by Henry Kuttner, "Language for Time Travellers" by L. Sprague de Camp
1939 "The Monster from Nowhere" by Nelson S. Bond in July Fantastic Adventures, "Lightship, Ho!" by Nelson S. Bond in July Astounding, "The Man Who Saw Too Late" by Eando Binder in Sep. Fantastic Adventures, "Roman Holiday" by Kelvin Kent, Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp, "Geography for Time Travellers" by Willy Ley, "Saurian Valedictory" by Norman L. Knight
1940 "Paul Revere and the Time Machine" by A. W. Bernal  in Mar. Amazing Stories, "The Time Cheaters" by Eando Binder in Mar. Thrilling Wonder Stories
1941 "Weapon Out of Time" by James Blish in Spring Science Fiction Quarterly, "The Geometrics of Johnny Day" by Nelson S. Bond in July Astounding, "The Fountain" by Nelson S. Bond in June Unknown, "Hercules Muscles In" by Kelvin Kent, "King Arthur's Knight in a Yankee Court" by A. W. Bernal
1942 "Berkeley Square", "Time Dredge" by R. Arthur in June Astounding Science Fiction, "The Solar Comedy" by James Blish June Future Fiction, "Horsesense Hank in the Parallel Worlds" by Nelson S. Bond in Aug. Amazing, "The Ghost" by A. E. van Vogt, "Recruiting Station" by A. E. van Vogt
1943 "Grief in Bagdad" by Kelvin Kent
1944 "Wanderer of Time" by John Russell Fearn in Summer Startling
1946 "The Magic Staircase" and "Johnny Cartwright's Camera" and "The Einstein Inshoot" and "Dr. Fudddle's Fingers" and "The Bacular Clock" by Nelson S. Bond in Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies, "A Guest in the House" by Frank Belknap Long
1947 "Flight through Tomorrow" by Stanton Coblenz (by drug)
1948 "The Brooklyn Project" by William Tenn
1949 "Time Heals" by Poul Anderson in Oct. Astounding Science Fiction, "Entrance and Exit" and "The Pikestaffe Case" by Algernon Blackwood in Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural
1950 "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury, "Time's Arrow" by Arthur C. Clarke (jeep track fossil), "Window to the Past" by Chester Geier, "Little Black Bag" by C. M. Kornbluth
1951 "Missing One's Coach: An Anachronism" in Far Boundaries, "The Chronokinesis of Jonathan Hull" by Anthony Boucher in Great Stories of Science Fiction, "... And It Comes Out Here" by Lester Del Rey in Feb. Galaxy, "Of Time and Third Avenue" by Alfred Bester, "Pawley's Peepholes" by John Wyndham in Winter Science Fiction
1952 "Heritage" by R. Abernathy, in Omnibus of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin, "The Gadget Had a Ghost" by Murray Leinster in June Thrilling Wonder, "The Middle of the Week after Next" by Murray Leinster in Aug. Thrilling Wonder, "The Mist" by Peter Cartur
1953 "The Time Cylinder" by Eando Binder in Mar. Science Fiction Plus, "Elsewhen" and "The Other Inauguration" by Anthony Boucher in Far and Away, "Paradox Lost" by Frederic Brown in Science Fiction Carnaval, "A Traveller in Time" by August Derleth in Winter Orbit 2, "If the Court Pleases" by Noel Loomis
1954 "One Way Street" by Jerome Bixby  in Jan. Amazing Stories, "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury (dinosaur hunting), "Anachron" by Damon Knight, "Death Sentence" by John Christopher
1955 The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
1956 Infinity, "A Matter of Energy" by James Blish in The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction, "The Past and Its Dead People" by Reginald Bretnor in Sep. Fantasy & Science Fiction, "The Dead Past" by Isaac Asimov
1957 The Lincoln Hunters by Wilson Tucker, "The Assassin" by Robert Silverberg in July Imaginative Tales (to 1968), "The Window" by Bertram Chandler
1958 Stepsons of Terra, "The Brazen Locked Room" by Isaac Asimov, in Deals With the Devil, "The Captured Cross-Section" by M. J. Breuer in Fantasia Mathematica, "First Time Machine" and "Blood" and "Experiment" by Frederic Brown in Honeymoon in Hell, "The Sun Stood Still" by Maurrice Vaisberg (attempt to kill Joshua), The Big Time by Fritz Leiber, "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" by Alfred Bester in Oct. Fantasy & Science Fiction
1959 "The Hero Equation" by R. Arthur  in June Fantasy & Science Fiction
1960 New Maps of Hell by Kingsley Amis, "The Time Machine: an Ironic Myth" by B. Bergonzi in Winter Critical Quarterly 2, Guardians of Time by Poul Anderson
1961 "This Side Up" by R. A. Banks, in The Fifth Galaxy Reader, "Stitch in Time" by John Wyndham
1962 Times without Number, "The Secret Miracle" by Jorge Luis Borges in Ficciones, "The Appendix and the Spectacles" by M. J. Breuer in The Mathematical Magpie, "The Gostak and the Doshes" by M. J. Breuer in Great Science Fiction by Scientists, A Trace of Memory by Keith Laumer (via Stonehenge), "The Rescuer" by Artur Porges, "Dead End" and "Probability Factor" by Phillip E. High
1963 "Time Cat", "A Hoax in Time" by Keith Laumer (June-Aug. Fantastic), The Prospects of Immortality by Robert C. W. Ettinger, "Flux" by Michael Moorcock
1964 Man and Time, "T" by Brian Aldiss in First Flight, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Damned Thing" and "Mysterious Disappearances" by Ambrose Bierce in The Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce, "Crime Machine" by Robert Bloch in The Seventh Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction, "The Garden of Forking Paths" by Jorge Luis Borges in Labyrinths, "The Time Dweller" by Michael Moorcock
1965 "The Fury Out of Time", "What If..." by Isaac Asimov, in Science Fiction Adventures in Dimension, "Galactic Consumer reports No.1 -- Inexpensive Time Machines" by John Brunner in Dec. Galaxy, "Escape from Evening" by Michael Moorcock, "Time's Fool" by Ricahrd Gordon
1966 The Corridors of Time by Poul Anderson (from 3000 AD to 1827 BC), "Time Out of Mind" by Pierre Boulle in Time Out of Mind, "Time in Thy Flight" by Ray Bradbury in S is for Space, Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock, "A Two-Timer" by David I. Masson, "Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw (slowglass), "The Man from When" by Dannie Plachta
1967 "The Lost Leonardo" by J. G. Ballard, in New Worlds of Fantasy, "D. F. C." by Lloyd Biggle in The Rule of the Door, "A Toy for Juliette" by Robert Bloch in Dangerous Visions, The Time-Machined Saga by Harry Harrison (to Vikings), Now Wait for Last Year by Phillip K. Dick, "Burden of Proof" by Bob Shaw, "Full Sun" by Brian Aldiss in Orbit 2
1968 Past Master by R. A, Lafferty, "Impossible, That's All" by Isaac Asimov in Science, Numbers and I, Cryptozoic! by Brian Aldiss
1969 Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (to crucifixion)
1970 "Tau Zero", "Mr. F is Mr. F" by J. G. Ballard, in The Traps of Time, "3:02 P.M., Oxford" by Gregory Benford in Sept. If, "Common Time" by James Blish in The Mirror of Infinity, The Time Trap Gambit by Larry Maddock, The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker, Orn by Piers Anthony in July to Sep. Amazing
1971 "The Sound Sweep" and "Chronopolis" by J. G. Ballard in Chronopolis, Dinosaur Beach by Keith Laumer
1972 Pilgrims Through Space and Time, "Doctor Brodie's Report", "The Red Queen's Race" and "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline"by Isaac Asimov, in The Early Asimov, Vol.2, The Return of the Time Machine by Egon Friedell, "A Dome of Many-Colored Glass" by Bob Shaw, Other Days, Other Eyes by Bob Shaw
1973 The Man Wh Folded Himself, Changing the Past, Our Children's Children", "The Little Monster" by Poul Anderson, in Science Fiction Adventures from WAY OUT, Our Children's Children by Clifford D. Simak
1974 The Fall of Chronopolis, "Big Game" by Isaac Asimov, in Before the Golden Age, Vol.3, "Lostling" by John Brunner in The Far Side of Time, "The Marathon Photograph" by Clifford D. Simak
1975 "Button, Button" and "Blank!" by Isaac Asimov, in Buy Jupiter and Other Stories, "Cambridge, 1:58 A.M." by Gregory Benford, in Epoch
1976 "Dialogue" by Poul Anderson, in Faster Than Light, "Beep." by James Blish in Galactic Empires, Vol.2
1977 Who Goes There?, "The Long Remembering" by Poul Anderson, in Trips in Time, "The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver I, II, and III" and "The End" by Frederic Brown in The Best of Frederic Brown
1978 "The Avatar", "A Loint of Paw" by Isaac Asimov, in 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, "Time of Passage" by J. G. Ballard, in Time of Passage
1979 "Kyrie" by Poul Anderson, in The Road to Science Fiction, Vol.3
1980 Timescape, "The Dead Past" by Isaac Asimov, in The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels, "Snulbug" by Anthony Boucher in Great Science Fiction Stories, Vol.3, "Barrier" by Anthony Boucher in Great Science Fiction Stories, Vol.4, "A Sound of Thunder" and "The Fox and the Forest" and "Tomorrow's Child" and "A Scent of Sarsaparilla" by Ray Bradbury in The Stories of Ray Bradbury, "Nightmare in Time" by Frederic Brown in Microcosmic Tales, "Paths" by Edward Bryant in Microcosmic Tales
1981 "Time Patrol" by Poul Anderson in The Guardians of Time, "The Shape of Things" by Ray Bradbury in Tales Out of Time, "Forever and the Earth" by Ray Bradbury in Sinister, Strange, and Supernatural
1982 A Rose for Armageddon, "Poor Little Warrior!", "Wildcat" by Poul Anderson, and "The Wings of a Bat" by P. Ash, in The Science Fictional Dinosaur, "Flight to Forever" by Poul Anderson, in Last Man on Earth, "A Statue for Father" and "Day of the Hunters" by Isaac Asimov, in The Science Fictional Dinosaur, "Plausible Fantasies or a Journey in the 29th Century" by F. Bulgarin in Pre-Revolutionary Russian Science Fiction
1983 Millennium, Sphereland, "Of Time and Third Avenue" by Alfred Bester, in Magic For Sale, "Story of a Curse" by D. P. Buck in Starships
1984 The Ivanhoe Gambit, "Time Travel" by Isaac Asimov in Apr. Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, "Faster Than Light" by Isaac Asimov in Nov. Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
1985 "The Ugly Little Boy" by Isaac Asimov, in The Time Travelers, "Physics and Fantasy: Scientific Mysticism, Kurt Vonnegut, and Gravity's Rainbow" by Russell Blackford in Winter Journal of Popular Culture 19
1986 "My Object All Sublime" by Poul Anderson, and "The Immortal Bard" by Isaac Asimov, in 101 Science Fiction Stories,  "The Winds of Change" by Isaac Asimov, in The Winds of Change, "Time Shards" by Gregory Benford, in In Alien Flesh, "Hobson's Choice" by Alfred Bester in The Great Science Fiction Stories, Vol.14, "Hall of Mirrors" by Frederic Brown in The Great Science Fiction Stories, Vol.15,
"When It Comes to Time Travel, There's No Time Like the Present" by Isaac Asimov in 5 Oct 1986 New York Times
1987 Never the Twain, "Tangents" by Greg Bear, in Mathenauts, "Valhalla" by Gregory Benford, in Hitler Victorious, "A Gun for Grandfather" and "Proof" by F. M. Busby in Getting Home, Origins of Futuristic Fiction by P. K. Alkon
1988 Krono, "The Complete Time Traveler",  "Delenda Est" by Poul Anderson, in The Great Science Fiction Stories, Vol.17, "The Man Who Came Early" by Poul Anderson, and "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov, in The Great Science Fiction Stories, Vol.18, "The Toynbee Convector" by Ray Bradbury in The Toynbee Convector
1989 Great Work of Time, Hyperspace - A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, "The Hour Glass" by R. Barr, in The Strong Arm
Time Warps and the Tenth Dimension, "The Trolley To Yesteday"
1990 Lurid Dreams, Time Travel, "Time and Chance", "Ben Franklin's Laser" by Doug Beason  in Mid-Dec. Analog, "The Other Death" by Jorge Luis Borges in The Aleph and Other Stories 1933-1969, Science Fiction: The Early Years by E. F. Bleiler
1991 Days of Atonement, Chronotypes: The Construction of Time,"Time's Arrow", "The Trinity Paradox", "Earthman, Beware!" by Poul Anderson, in Alight in the Void, "Enoch Soames" by Max Beerbohm , in "Down the River Road" by Gregory Benford, in After the King, "The Chronicle of the 656th" by G. Byram in The Fantastic Civil War
1992 "Lord Kelvin's Machine"
1993 Time Machines.
1994 Black Holes and Time Warps : Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
1998 The River of Time.
1999 Time Machines.
2003 "Time" special issue  in Spring Daedalus, Why Time Flows: the Physics of Past and Future