The Man from Time

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The Man from Time

by Frank Belknap Long

EN·~30 minutes·1 chapter

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1 total
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Part 1

30:08

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In a distant future, a scholar known as Daring Moonson pilots a gleaming Time Observatory, a shielded vessel that lets him glide above the ages and watch humanity’s rise and fall as a detached spectator. From the dying golden light of ancient forests to the smoky aftermath of plague‑ridden cities, he records history with a calm born of twenty‑seven days spent safely behind the machine’s metal skin. Yet the very act of observing the past awakens a deep, almost primal dread that threatens to unmoor the brave name he bears.

Moonson’s fear is not of the dangers outside the glass but of the relentless flow of time itself, a terror that turns each famous date into a source of anxiety. As the machine drifts through epochs, his childhood nightmares resurface, and even the quiet presence of his wife Rutella becomes a painful reminder of his growing isolation. The story follows his struggle to reconcile the heroic reputation stamped on his identity with the unsettling reality of confronting humanity’s endless march forward.

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Language

en

Duration

~30 minutes (28K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2009-07-15

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Frank Belknap Long

Frank Belknap Long

1903–1994

A prolific American writer who moved easily between horror, fantasy, and science fiction, he is especially remembered for eerie tales that helped shape the Lovecraft circle. His career stretched across decades, from pulp magazines to later collections and criticism.

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