Time is the simplest thing

Clifford D. Simak

Original title: Time is the Simplest Thing

earliest edition we have, 1977 Tower & Leisure Sales Co, 1977 paperback 194 pages

Collier nucleus fantasy & science fiction

Space travel has been abandoned in the twenty-second century. It is deemed too dangerous, expensive, and inconvenient—and now the all-powerful Fishhook company holds the monopoly on interstellar exploration for commercial gain. Their secret is the use of "parries," human beings with the remarkable telepathic ability to expand their minds throughout the universe. On what should have been a routine assignment, however...

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Editions we hold

Time Is the Simplest Thing paperback · 2017 · Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 250 pages · 9781504045728
Time Is the Simplest Thing edition · 2015 · Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 250 pages · 9781504013253
Time Is the Simplest Thing edition · 2011 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9780575122383
Time is the simplest thing edition · 1993 · Collier · 263 pages
Time is the simplest thing edition · 1986 · Methuen · 191 pages
Time Is the Simplest Thing paperback · 1980 · Magnum · 9780417056302
Time Is the Simplest Thing paperback · 1977 · Tower & Leisure Sales Co · 194 pages · 9780843904802
Time is the simplest thing paperback · 1977 · Magnum

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