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The anthology covers millions of years of Earth's history — from the age of the dinosaurs to strange and fascinating futures, through to the end of Time itself. The Time Traveller's Almanac will reacquaint readers with beloved classics and introduce them to thrilling contemporary examples of the time travel genre. Martin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock and, of course, H. The essays in this collection address the current preoccupation with neurological conditions and disorders in contemporary literature by British and American writers.
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The current literary preoccupation with neurological conditions presents us with a new and distinctive form of trauma literature, one concerned less with psychoanalysis than with the physical and evolutionary status of human beings. The past is a foreign country. This is your guidebook. A time machine has just transported you back to the fourteenth century. What do you see? How do you dress? How do you earn a living and how much are you paid? What sort of food will you be offered by a peasant or a monk or a lord?
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