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Very clever! I enjoyed the mesh of futuristic ideas with the analytical view of the middle ages. The characters were enjoyable and Mallory is not only sympathetic as an 'approval seeking' underdog, he's also wonderful adaptive and embodies a full willingness to avail one's self to the situation.
A time traveling thief goes back in time to steal the Holy Grail itself and runs into a few complications. This slight humor story isn't terribly subtle (the antagonist is named Perfidion) or quite as clever with its time paradoxes as it wants to be, but it's entertaining if you're an Arthurian wonk like I am. It was first published in Analog in July 1963; its idea of a time machine that could change shape to fit the local environment anticipates a certain long running science-fantasy program th...
Robert F. Young at his worst. A time-thief has a plan to steal the Holy Grail and fence it. Unfortunately getting the Grail is trickier than he thought, especially when you get saddled by some unwelcome if lovely baggage.The problem with this book is that it is him recycling the same tropes in a story that shouldn't be novella length. You have your focus on time travel, on robotic things that mimic the past, on the interaction between past and future, and the twist ending. But it's done poorly,
Definitely a classic to read. Put a real smile on satisfaction when done!What a refreshing and thought provoking story. Gives time travel a proper face: Yes there can be multiple copies of yourself. This is not an emotionally intimidating story, and I enjoyed it very much. Initially I thought the old English in parts would be harder to follow, but after listing to the audio book, it was highly entertaining, and lends a depth to the naive character of Rowena.Ebook and listened to the Audio book r...
A Knyght Ther Was is a novelette that appeared in one of the now rare bedsheet-sized issues of John W. Campbell's Analog magazine in 1963. It's an amusing time-travel romance with an Arthurian theme; had I read it without knowing, I would have guessed the author to be Poul Anderson or Gordon R. Dickson or perhaps Randall Garrett or Keith Laumer. As one may guess from the title much of the story is told in a very archaic voice which goes annoyingly a bit over-the-top at times, but it's otherwise
