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"Sidewise in Time" is a science fiction short story by American writer Murray Leinster that was first published in the June 1934 issue of Astounding Stories.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 64 relations: A Modern Utopia, All the Myriad Ways, American Civil War alternate histories, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Before the Golden Age, Chinese people, Crosstime Traffic, English language, Flag of the United States, Fred Hoyle, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Frederik Pohl, Gordon R. Dickson, H. Beam Piper, H. G. Wells, Hardcover, Harry Turtledove, Isaac Asimov, Jack L. Chalker, Jack Vance, Keith Laumer, L. Sprague de Camp, Larry Niven, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Living Space, Longship, Louisville, Kentucky, Magazine, Martin H. Greenberg, Massachusetts, Murray Leinster, Nantucket series, Norse colonization of North America, October the First Is Too Late, Paperback, Parallel universes in fiction, Paratime series, Potomac River, Robert Silverberg, Roman Empire, Roman legion, Russian Empire, S. M. Stirling, San Francisco, Science fiction, Sequoioideae, Short story, Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Sidewise in Time (collection), Slave markets and slave jails in the United States, ... Expand index (14 more) »

  2. 1934 short stories
  3. Alternate history novels set in ancient Rome
  4. Alternate history short stories
  5. American Civil War alternate histories
  6. Works by Murray Leinster

A Modern Utopia

A Modern Utopia is a 1905 novel by H. G. Wells.

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All the Myriad Ways

All the Myriad Ways is a collection of 14 short science fiction stories and essays by American writer Larry Niven, originally published in 1971.

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American Civil War alternate histories

American Civil War alternate histories are alternate history fiction that focuses on the Civil War ending differently or not occurring.

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930.

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Before the Golden Age

Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s is an anthology of 25 science fiction stories from 1930s pulp magazines, edited by American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.

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Chinese people

The Chinese people, or simply Chinese, are people or ethnic groups identified with China, usually through ethnicity, nationality, citizenship, or other affiliation.

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Crosstime Traffic

Crosstime Traffic is a series of books by Harry Turtledove.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Flag of the United States

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

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Fred Hoyle

Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper.

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Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fredericksburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States.

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Frederik Pohl

Frederik George Pohl Jr. (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led.

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Gordon R. Dickson

Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American science fiction writer.

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H. Beam Piper

Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 –) was an American science fiction writer.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer.

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Hardcover

A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound (At p. 247.)) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).

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Harry Turtledove

Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction.

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Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (– April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

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Jack L. Chalker

Jack Laurence Chalker (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author.

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Jack Vance

John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer.

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Keith Laumer

John Keith Laumer (–) was an American science fiction author.

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L. Sprague de Camp

Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature.

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Larry Niven

Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer.

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Lawrence Watt-Evans

Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer).

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Living Space

"Living Space" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov.

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Longship

Longships were a type of specialised Scandinavian warships that have a long history in Scandinavia, with their existence being archaeologically proven and documented from at least the fourth century BC.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Magazine

A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content.

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Martin H. Greenberg

Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction.

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Nantucket series

The Nantucket series (also known as the Nantucket trilogy or the Islander trilogy) is a set of alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling.

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Norse colonization of North America

The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating a short term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland.

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October the First Is Too Late

October the First is Too Late is a science fiction novel by astrophysicist Fred Hoyle.

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Paperback

A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples.

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Parallel universes in fiction

A parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, parallel world, parallel dimension, alternate reality, or alternative dimension, is a hypothetical self-contained layer or plane of existence, co-existing with one's own.

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Paratime series

The Paratime series written by H. Beam Piper and subsequently by John F. Carr consists of several short stories, one novella, and one novel, all but one of which were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction under the editorship of John W. Campbell.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman legion

The Roman legion (legiō), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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S. M. Stirling

Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Sequoioideae

Sequoioideae, commonly referred to as redwoods, is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae, that range in the northern hemisphere.

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Short story

A short story is a piece of prose fiction.

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Sidewise Award for Alternate History

The Sidewise Awards for Alternate History were established in 1995 to recognize the best alternate history stories and novels of the year.

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Sidewise in Time (collection)

Sidewise in Time is a 1950 collection of science fiction short stories by Murray Leinster. Sidewise in Time and Sidewise in Time (collection) are works by Murray Leinster.

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Slave markets and slave jails in the United States

Slave markets and slave jails in the United States were places used for the slave trade in the United States from the founding in 1776 until the total abolition of slavery in 1865.

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St. Louis

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Street & Smith

Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc., was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as dime novels and pulp fiction.

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Super Dimension Century Orguss

is an anime science fiction series.

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The Coming of the Quantum Cats

The Coming of the Quantum Cats is a 1986 science fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. Sidewise in Time and the Coming of the Quantum Cats are works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

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The Emberverse series

The Emberverse series—or Change World—is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling.

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The End of Eternity

The End of Eternity is a 1955 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov with mystery and thriller elements on the subjects of time travel and social engineering.

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The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction

The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s is a themed anthology of science fiction short works edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, the first in a series of six samplers of the field from the 1930s through the 1980s.

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The Red Queen's Race

"The Red Queen's Race" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov; it uses the Red Queen's race from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass as a metaphor for the final plot twist. Sidewise in Time and the Red Queen's Race are works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.

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The Wheels of If

"The Wheels of If" is an alternate history science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. Sidewise in Time and The Wheels of If are alternate history short stories.

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Tsar

Tsar (also spelled czar, tzar, or csar; tsar; tsar'; car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs.

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Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam (which has the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the federal government of the United States or the country in general.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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See also

1934 short stories

Alternate history novels set in ancient Rome

Alternate history short stories

American Civil War alternate histories

Works by Murray Leinster

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewise_in_Time

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