The Omnibus of Time

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.

The Omnibus of Time
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorRalph Milne Farley
Cover artistJon Arfstrom
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherFantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date
1950
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages331 pp
OCLC1809501

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
  1. ISFDB listing
  2. ISFDB listing
  3. "In the Realm of the Spacemen: Time Is a Dream", The New York Times Book Review, July 2, 1950
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 270–271.
  • Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-05-01.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 224. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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