No Place Like Earth

The author of this upsetting little tale is an officer in the British merchant marine (which is why his maritime detail is so real) and a writer of first-rate science fiction. Occasionally, when he turns to sinister fantasy of this sort, he uses the pseudonym of "George Whitley" which is the name under which "Castaway" was originally published. His own name is used by permission.

Here, far from trying to avoid or solve the great time-travel paradox. Mr. Chandler throws his hero into its very vortex to let him either sink in it or swim out of it. The startling thing about this story is that, by the very logic of the situation, he does neither...

Vanguard Press, (New York), 1953
(Not in the 1953 Berkley Medallion Edition)