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Odd little tale about a time traveler who is tasked to steal Schezerade from the past, and gets her younger sister by accident. He also accidentally lands in the far future, where he finds out that maybe Dunyzad's stories about Jinns might have some basis in truth.It's a little too outlandish to be any good, and Young seems to have this motif of older men falling in love with young girls who age themselves and rejoin him later. If you like his work (and Young is a very likable writer,) you might...
This is a fast and fun little science/fantasy with an Arabian Nights theme. A time-travel agent is sent to secure Scheherazade (spelled without the "c" in the story), but kidnaps her spunky kid sister by mistake instead; hijinks inevitably ensue. It has a nice Sanjulian cover. Young was primarily known for his short fiction (I used to look forward to his stories in F & SF; it seemed he had a new one almost every month for a few years), but he produced a handful of novels, too. There's one time-t...
I enjoyed this play on the Arabian Nights and tried to find more by author Young, without much luck.