May Be Some Time

Titus Oates, a member of Robert Falcon Scott's doomed South Polar expedition, wandered out into the snow, knowing that he was near death and had become a drag on the other members of the expedition, saying, "I am just going outside and may be some time" ... his body was never recovered. In this continuation of the fate of Titus Oates, he does not come to rest beneath the snows of the Antarctic, but is rescued by time travelers from the mid-21st Century. He is revived and cured, and introduced slowly to the confusing features of this time, and eventually to the real purpose of his rescue, and the real goals of the institute that rescued him. AnLab Award Nominee, Locus Poll Award Nominee, Nebula Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee.