The Man Who Floated in Time

Form: Short story

Year: 1982

Publication history:

• 1982 : Speculations (hc) , Houghton Mifflin
• 1984 : The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (hc) , Arbor House
• 1984 : The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (hc) , Science Fiction Book Club, 243 pp., 1642
• 1985 : The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (hc) , Gollancz (UK), 284 pp., 03544-7
• 1985 : The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (pb) , Bantam, 317 pp., ISBN 0-553-25077-9
• 1987 : Det brokiga cocktailpartyt (pb) , Korpen (Sweden), ISBN 91-7374-186-8 (in Swedish tr. Erik Andersson)
• 1989 : The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (pb) , Gollancz (UK), 284 pp., 04622-8
• 2000 : The Conglomeroid Cocktail Party (ol) , Peanut Press
• 2003 : Voile vers Byzance: Nouvelles au fil du temps, tome 3, 1981-1987 (tpb) , Flammarion (France), 768 pp., ISBN 2080682547, 41 (in French "L'homme qui flottait dans le temps")

A man claims to have traveled by a kind of astral projection to various times and places throughout human history. But he can't (so he says) control where or when he visits, and he can't bring back any evidence of his travels. Is he a nut or what? And if he wanted to teach you how to do it, would you accept the offer?