Cover for Time Pawn
Short Story

Time Pawn

1954

About this story

A physician is hurled into a future whose inhabitants regard his efforts to save lives as a serious offense. His medical skills draw him into a society with unfamiliar beliefs about death and reproduction.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Jun 5, 1953

    Composition: no later than Jun 5, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Jun 5, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Jun 5, 1953

  3. Summer 1954

    First published Summer 1954

    Thrilling Wonder Stories

  4. Expanded into Dr. Futurity

    Shorter precursor text later expanded as Dr. Futurity.

Textual relationships

Genealogy

  • Expanded intoDr. FuturityShorter precursor text later expanded as Dr. Futurity.