The Man Who came Early Poul Anderson (published 1956)
The mountain goats that stood watch over the fjord, indifferently chewing on the wild grasses between the rocks, had kids following them on their steep paths... Olaf, my third father, my king, had a son, stillborn. Olaf wept. Kenna wept. I wept as the boy was buried inside the casket with his mother in our graveyard by the church.” ― Jason Born, The Norseman (The Norseman Chronicles)
- Length:Twenty Three Pages
- Genre: Science Fiction
- Category: Time Travel in the Golden Age of Science Fiction
- Characters
| Civilized |
Barbarian |
| Priest |
Thorbrand-Norse Warrior |
| White Christ |
Thor and the Frost Giants |
| Time Traveler Gerald |
Warlocks |
| Irish Monks |
Norsemen |
- Setting:
- Iceland
- Time Periods
| Time From |
Time To |
| 1933 |
970 |
What's It About, Man?A time traveler,Gerald, finds himself in a time before Iceland had been civilized. He must find a way to survive, in spite of the culture clash, and the lack of knowledge of the time. Will the shock be too much for him? This story is told from the perspective of the Icelandic of 970 A.D.; which is a nice twist to the usual narrative told from the time traveler's perspective.
