Man Who Came EarlyPoul Anderson
Man Who Came Early
by Poul Anderson · first published 2015
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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…
on “1632 by Eric Flint (2000)” ↗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....
on “If you traveled back in time to 1975 equipped with a modern laptop...” ↗It's somewhat tangential but I heartily recommend the Poul Anderson short story "The Man Who Came Early"
on “To study ancient seafarers, researcher built a replica ship and sailed it” ↗Yeah, I've read that. Also "The Man who Came Early" by Poul Anderson and a lot of similar stories.
on “Ask HN: Back in time to 100 BC, what knowledge would you impart to the people?” ↗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…
on “It’s an age of marvels” ↗