The Night That All Time Broke Out
Appearance
"The Night That All Time Broke Out" | |
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Short story by Brian W. Aldiss | |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Publication | |
Published in | Dangerous Visions |
Publication type | anthology |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Publication date | 1967 |
"The Night That All Time Broke Out" is a short story by Brian W. Aldiss from Harlan Ellison's Dangerous Visions.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]The story presents a future world where time itself can be concentrated into a substance which is inhaled and used as a drug, causing the user to temporarily regress to an earlier time period. There is an explosion at the factory which produces the gas, causing a widespread regression of civilization (though it is unclear as to the extent).
References
[edit]- ^ Collings, Michael R. (1986-01-01). Brian Aldiss. Wildside Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-89370-955-6.
- ^ Westfahl, Gary (2022-10-07). The Stuff of Science Fiction: Hardware, Settings, Characters. McFarland & Company. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4766-8659-2.
External links
[edit]- The Night That All Time Broke Out title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database