The Flight of the Horse is a damn good book. SciFi/humor. (Larry Niven - 1972) The protagonist is a guy from the future who keeps going back in time to get extinct animals for the retarded kid who is Secretary General of a one world government. He goes to get an ostrich and brings back a baby roc. He goes to get a dog and brings back a werewolf. He goes to get a horse and brings back a unicorn, etc. It was only years later after reading an interview with the author that he explained why. (He never did in the book). The reason Svetz, the main character, keeps bringing back mythical creatures with his time machine is because a time machine is a myth itself. Nice.
*The Flight of the Horse* is a damn good book. SciFi/humor. (Larry Niven - 1972)
The protagonist is a guy from the future who keeps going back in time to get extinct animals for the retarded kid who is Secretary General of a one world government. He goes to get an ostrich and brings back a baby roc. He goes to get a dog and brings back a werewolf. He goes to get a horse and brings back a unicorn, etc.
It was only years later after reading an interview with the author that he explained why. (He never did in the book).
The reason Svetz, the main character, keeps bringing back mythical creatures with his time machine is because a time machine is a myth itself. Nice.
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