Press Release

Ian Randal Strock is best known as an editor and publisher, but he’s also a writer. And as a writer, he’s best known for his non-fiction (currently headlined by three volumes of presidential history: The Presidential Book of Lists [Random House, 2008], Ranking the First Ladies [Carrel Books, 2016], and Ranking the Vice Presidents [Carrel Books, 2016]). And yet, he thinks of himself first as a science fiction writer. And he’s been plying that trade for three decades.
 
Now it’s time to give his science fiction a bit more permanence, with Wandering Through Time, the first collection of Ian Randal Strock’s short fiction to date. Included in this book are his AnLab Award-winner “Living It Is the Best Revenge”; the first story that tied his non-fiction and fiction interests, “Shall Not Perish from the Earth” (an alternate history tale featuring Abraham Lincoln); and the time travel stories he never set out to write, but which seem to dominate his fiction career.
 
In these stories, you’ll learn why it’s important to
● Invent time travel to avoid being late for work.
● Die young to achieve immortality
. ● Colonize the stars via conspiracy theory.
 
And the big one:
● Learn how to recognize your time-traveling self.
 
"Ian Randal Strock is a literal genius—a card-carrying member of Mensa—and his intellect shines through on every page of this fabulous collection. From the man who helped steer Analog for many years comes this wonderful sampler of just the sort of stories I love to read." 
—Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of The Downloaded
 
Wandering Through Time: The Collected Short Fiction (So Far)
Ian Randal Strock
$12.99, 180 pages, trade paperback
publication date: December 3, 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5154-5822-7
 
Wandering Through Time—and all Fantastic Books books—are distributed via Ingram. Review copies are available upon request.