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Cover artist Richard Angerman Publication date 1952 Pages 252 pp Country United States of America | 3.1/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1952 Publisher Fantasy Press Genres Novel, Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel Similar The Cometeers, The Legion of Space, The Queen of the Legion, The Humanoid Touch, One Against the Legion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Legion of Time is a collection of two science-fiction novels by the American writer Jack Williamson. It was first published by Fantasy Press in 1952 in an edition of 4,604 copies. The novels were originally serialized in the magazines Astounding and Marvel Stories.
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The term "Legion of Time" is rather misleading, since the stories do not in fact feature a body with such a name. The title may have been bestowed in an effort to emulate the success of Williamson's earlier "Legion of Space" series. The title story was originally announced as "The Legion of Probability".
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Reception
Boucher and McComas praised the title story for its "fine swashbuckling and much ingenious speculation", but found the other stories far inferior. Aldiss and Wingrove, comparing The Legion of Time to a fairy tale, declared that "its plot, while being philosophically meaningless, is a delight."
In 2014, the novel was nominated for a Retro-Hugo Award.