The Omnibus of Time explained

The Omnibus of Time
Author:	Ralph Milne Farley
Cover Artist:	Jon Arfstrom
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Science fiction
Publisher:	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date:	1950
Media Type:	Print (hardback)
Pages:	331 pp
Oclc:	1809501

The Omnibus of Time is a collection of science fiction short stories by Ralph Milne Farley. It was first published in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,500 copies.^[1] An additional 500 copies were bound as a Gnome Press edition and sold through an associated book club.^[2] Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Top-Notch, Amazing Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Weird Tales, Argosy, Fantasy Book and Science Fiction Digest.

Contents

• "The Man Who Met Himself"
• "Time for Sale"
• "Rescue Into the Past"
• "The Immortality of Alan Whidden"
• "The Time-Wise Guy"
• "A Month a Minute"
• "The Invisible Bomber"
• "The Time Traveller"
• "I Killed Hitler"
• "The Radio War" (excerpt)
• "The Golden City" (excerpt)
• "The Hidden Universe" (excerpt)
• "Stranded in Time"
• "The Man Who Lived Backwards"
• "The Revenge of the Great White Lodge"
• "The Man Who Could Turn Back the Clock"
• "The End of the World"
• "After Math" (essay)

Farley revised stories to eliminate "many mathematico-physical footnotes", which he compiled and rewrote as "After Math", presenting "the various scientific theories of time, and compar[ing] all my own various inconsistent theories and techniques". While "The Golden City" was described as excerpted from a soon-to-be published novel, the full-length work did not appear until 2006.^[1]

Reception

New York Times reviewer Basil Davenport reported that "Readers who enjoy mathematical paradoxes, as well as those who enjoy science fiction, will find this good entertainment."^[3]

References

• Book: Chalker, Jack L. . Jack L. Chalker

. Jack L. Chalker . Mark Owings . The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 . Westminster, MD and Baltimore . Mirage Press, Ltd.. 270–271 . 1998.

• Web site: Contento . William G. . Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections . 2008-05-01.
• Book: Tuck, Donald H. . Donald H. Tuck

. Donald H. Tuck . The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy . Chicago . . 224 . 1974. 0-911682-20-1.

Notes and References

1. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?44848 ISFDB listing
2. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?379723 ISFDB listing
3. "In the Realm of the Spacemen: Time Is a Dream", The New York Times Book Review, July 2, 1950