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Up the Line
Published 1969 by Ballantine Books · 207 pages
Hugo · 1970
FinalistNebula · 1970
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18 award entries · 10 books · 1 wins · 1968–1981
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Synopsis
In a future where time travel is commercialized, a young man becomes a Time Courier, guiding tourists through the highlights of Byzantine history. His adventures become increasingly tangled as he falls in love with an ancestor, risks creating devastating paradoxes, and discovers that the Time Patrol's rules are routinely broken.
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