Poul Anderson - Polizia del Tempo 2 - Lo Scudo Del Tempo (The Shield of Time, 1990)

La pattuglia del tempo ha il compito di vigilare sul presente, sul passato e sul futuro. Deve combattere i paradossi che mettono in pericolo la continuità e stabilità dei secoli. Sono questi i crononauti, uomini per i quali la storia non è rigida ma cambia a seconda delle probabilità assegnate a ogni avvenimento. Contents: 1 The Stranger That Is Within Thy Gates (1990) short story by Poul Anderson 9 Women and Horses and Power and War (1990) novella by Poul Anderson 125 Before the Gods That Made the Gods (1990) short story by Poul Anderson 137 Beringia (1990) novella by Poul Anderson 257 Riddle Me This (1990) short story by Poul Anderson 267 Amazement of the World (1990) novella by Poul Anderson Manse Everard is a man with a mission. As an Unattached Agent of the Time Patrol, he's to go anyplace - and anytime! - where humanity's transcendent future is threatened by the alteration of the past. This is Manse's profession, and his burden: for how much suffering, throughout human history, can he bear to preserve? Manse Everard, an unattached agent of the Time Patrol charged with protecting humanity's transcendent future against those who would alter Time itself, and Wanda Tamberley, a cataloger of natural history, join together to save the stability of history.