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PDF EPUB} Sidewise in Time by Murray Leinster Science Fiction and Fact Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Sidewise In Time by Murray Leinster Science Fiction and Fact. 1934 "Sidewise in Time" While physicists contemplate waveform collapse, author William Fitzgerald Jenkins writes of parallel worlds under the pen name Murray Leinster. In the story "Sidewise in Time," a mathematics professor named Minott predicts that patches of parallel universes— worlds where human history unfolded differently—will start to tear through into our reality. When that actually happens, Minott leads a band of students on an adventure across the parallel worlds, hoping to locate and rule a world that lacks sophisticated technology. "Sidewise in Time" isn't the first story to feature parallel worlds, but it does bring the concept to a pulp science fiction audience when the story is published in Astounding Stories in 1934. Murray Leinster 1896—1975. Murray Leinster was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie scripts, and hundreds of radio scripts and television plays. He began his career as a freelance writer before World War I but during and after he began appearing in pulp magazines, with his first science fiction story, The Runaway Skyscraper being published in Argosy. Leinster is credited with the invention of parallel universe stories in his Sidewise in Time , in which his vision of extraordinary oscillations in time having had a long-term impact on other author’s and their writing, such as Isaac Asimov’s Living Space , The Red Queen’s Race , and The End of Eternity . Leinster’s novella First Contact is also credited as one of the first (if not the first) instances of a universal translator in science fiction. Available eBooks. Creatures of the Abyss (1961) Orejas de ellos, the things who listen, whispered the superstitious fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philippine coast. How else coul. read more » Machine That Saved The World (1957) They were broadcasts from nowhere – sinister emanations flooding in from space – smashing any receiver that picked them up. What possible defence could . read more » Operation: Outer Space (1954) A terrifying darkness engulfed the sky while on the horizon a fire flood consumed the mountain! The ship swayed again. Flying creatures darted back and . read more » Space Platform (1953) Space Platform tells of man’s first step into outer space … of the difficulties and dangers of reaching for the stars. It is also an exciting adventure. read more » Space Tug (1953) Joe had helped launch the first Space Platform–that initial rung in man’s ladder to the stars. But the enemies who had ruthlessly tried to destroy the s. read more » The Aliens (1959) What will happen when we first encounter sentient beings from outer space? In this action-packed account of first contact between the human denizens of . read more » The Fifth-Dimension Tube (1933) Settle in for a rollicking science-fiction adventure from golden-era star Murray Leinster. In The Fifth-Dimension Tube, a prominent scientist and his be. read more » The Forgotten Planet (1954) Beneath dense gray clouds through which no sun shone lay a forgotten planet. It was a nightmare world of grotesque and terrifying animal-plant life. Gig. read more » The Pirates of Ersatz (1959) Protagonist Bran Hoddan wants nothing more for himself than to be free of the taint of criminal activity that has long besmirched his clan. His plans fo. read more » The Runaway Skyscraper (1919) “I don’t know how I’m going to say it so you’ll understand, but time is just as much a dimension as length and breadth.” He frowned. He wanted to talk a. read more » The Wailing Asteroid (1960) There was no life on the asteroid, but the miles of rock-hewn corridors through which the earth party wandered left no doubt about the purpose of the as. read more » Sidewise in Time. Ten selected short stories from the master of pulp, Murray Leinster – pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, whose prolific career spanned the first six decades of the 20th Century. The Golden Age Masterwork of Sidewise in Time includes the Hugo Award-winning novella “Exploration Team”. Full contents include: Sidewise in Time The Runaway Skyscraper The Mad Planet Politics Proxima Centauri First Contact A Logic Names Joe De Profundis If You Was a Moklin Exploration Team. Sidewise in Time by Leinster Will F Jenkins Murray. Sidewise in Time; And Other Scientific Adventures. Murray Leinster [Will F. Jenkins] Published by Shasta Publishers, Chicago, Illionois, 1950. Used - Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. 20 x 13 cm. Octavo. 211 pages. Red cloth in dust jacket. Dust jacket design by Hannes Bok. Stated first edition. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Light edgewear to the jacket. Some fading to dust jacket spine. 3 cm closed tear at front jacket flap crease. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sidewise In Time. Murray Leinster (Will F. Jenkins) Used - Hardcover. Hardcover. Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1950, stated first. Red cloth, silver lettering on spine, no dj, minor rubbing, signed by author and pen name. Owner's name on cover page.; rrdehi9921. Sidewise in Time (signed) Murray Leinster (Will F. Jenkins) Published by Shasta Publishers, 1950. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Good. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Signed hardback book (211 pages plus)with jacket illustration by Hannes Bok. Signed by author with real name and pen name on front endpaper. Dust jacket in protective sleeve shows wear with scuffing/chipping/tears top and bottom - damp stain lower left corner - damp stain lower left corner on front board - does not effect interior pages - browning/foxing on endpapers. Bookseller since 1995 (ULTV-TS-Down-R) rareviewbooks. Signed by Author(s). SIDEWISE IN TIME AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURES [SIGNED] Leinster, Murray [pseudonym]; Jenkins, Will F. [author]; Bok, Hannes [illustrator] Published by Shasta Publishers 1950 [1934], Chicago, 1950. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover. Hardcover. First Collected Edition. 8vo., 211 pp., VG/VG; white and orange pictorial DJ, navy blue and red lettering; mild wear to DJ; red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine; boards all but pristine; mild age-toning/wear to text-block and endpapers; notations in pencil to top left corner of back paste-down; SIGNED by the author twice to ffep: top signature his given name Will F. Jenkins, bottom signature his pseudonym "Murray Leinster" [in quotations]; the title story "Sidewise in Time" first appeared in the June 1934 issue of Astounding Stories, and is widely considered one of if not the best alternate history novels in the science fiction genre - the Sidewise Award for Alternate History was established in 1995 to honor books of a similar caliber; this Shasta hardcover edition also contains five other short stories by Jenkins; "FIRST EDITION" stated to copyright page; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. 1287255. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Sidewise in Time. Leinster, Murray (Will F. Jenkins) Published by Shasta, Chicago, 1950. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hannes Bok (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo., 211pp. Beautiful First Printing of this anthology of six stories. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. The only blemish being some off-setting to the gutters of both paste-downs. Stunning unclipped, ($3.00), wrap-around dustjacket by Hannes Bok, has a perhaps a hint of wear to spine ends but barely. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Remarkably well-preserved. Signed on the title page by Erle Melvin Korshak, who along with Ted Ditky, founded Shasta Publishers. A simply gorgeous collectible copy. Sidewise in Time (Dedication & Association Copy) Leinster, Murray (Will F. Jenkins) Published by Shasta, Chicago, 1950. First Edition Signed. Used - Hardcover Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hannes Bok (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo., 211pp. Beautiful First Printing of this anthology of six stories. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of off-setting to paste-downs but minor. Stunning attractive unclipped, ($3.00), wrap-around dust-jacket by Hannes Bok. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Remarkably well- preserved. Inscribed and signed on the front endpaper both as Murray Leinster, his pseudonym, and real name, Will F. Jenkins. "To Erle M. Korshak, with all the genuflection due to a real publisher" Will F. Jenkins "Murray Leinster". Korshak, along with Ted Ditky, founded Shasta Publishers. A simply gorgeous collectible copy and a great association. Tell us what you're looking for and once a match is found, we'll inform you by e-mail. Can't remember the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Sidewise In Time by Murray Leinster. Said to be the first parallel universe story. And among the early alternate history stories. "Sidewise Awards" are named after this story. I've read it three quarters of a century after publication! And alternate history parts - like most alternate history fiction - will likely have only local appeal, in these case only for US readers. Mostly adventures in parts of US where alternate universe versions have replaced normal land - like where Chinese colonized US, . Story summary. Professor Minott, "instructor in mathematics on the faculty of Robinson College in Fredericksburg, Va", is one of the few who has an idea of strange upheaval happening everywhere - like familiar sight across the road getting replaced with strange scenery. Cross the boundary, & you are in a parallel universe. With the turmoil still on, you might never be able to return to your original universe.
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