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David I. Masson


The Caltraps of Time

The Caltraps of Time

David I. Masson

The Caltraps of Time is David I. Masson's only published book of fiction, a collection of short stories, most of which made their first appearance in New Worlds SF during the 1960s under the legendary editorship of Michael Moorcock. An apocalyptic battle at the edge of the unknown, the deadly fascination of voracious magma, a world where the weather expresses itself as mood. These are only some of the themes tackled with superb scientific speculation by David I. Masson.

Table of Contents:

  • Foreword - essay by David I. Masson
  • Introduction - essay by Christopher Priest
  • Traveller's Rest - (1965) - short story
  • A Two-Timer - (1966) - novelette
  • Not So Certain - (1967) - short story
  • The Transfinite Choice - (1966) - short story
  • Psychosmosis - (1966) - short story
  • The Show Must Go On - (1970) - short story
  • Doctor Fausta - (1974) - novelette
  • Take It Or Leave It - (1970) - short story
  • Mouth of Hell - (1966) - short story
  • Lost Ground - (1966) - novelette
Traveller's Rest

Traveller's Rest

David I. Masson

This short story originally appeared in New Worlds SF, September 1965, and was reprinted in Lightspeed, August 2014. It can also be found in the anthologies:

The story is included in the collection The Caltraps of Time (1968).

Read the full story for free at Lightspeed.

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