Man Who Came Early

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1. BakarySep 2022
   It's somewhat tangential but I heartily recommend the Poul Anderson short story "The Man Who Came Early"
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2. bhaakNov 2021
   The short story "The Man Who Came Early" by Poul Anderson touches on that theme as well. A soldier is transported back to Iceland of about the year 900 AD.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Came_Early

   Another classic one is "Lest Darkness Fall" by L. Sprague de Camp in which an archaeologist is transported to Rome in the year 535 AD.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lest_Darkness_Fall

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3. michaelhoneyJun 2014
   Poul Anderson's The Man Who Came Early (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Came_Early) is a lovely, short exploration of this idea. Full text available at http://www.classicly.com/poul-william-anderson/the-man-who-c....
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4. the_afMay 2024
   Thanks for the recommendation! It seems I will enjoy it; it belongs in the same theme as Mark Twain's novel, only it's not humorous.

   On that note, Wikipedia took me to "The Man Who Came Early" by Poul Anderson, which fits what I'm saying exactly: a modern day man is taken back to Viking-age Iceland, where his knowledge fails him catastrophically as he is unable to explain it or put it into practice, to disastrous results.

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5. inklesspenNov 2009
   Yeah, I've read that. Also "The Man who Came Early" by Poul Anderson and a lot of similar stories.
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