No Enemy But Time Author:Michael Bishop In this Nebula Award-winning novel, Michael Bishop turns to anthropology to find materials for a rich, moving study of mankind--and a man--in the making. John Monegal, rootless, alienated, beset by the manifold complexities of modern society, lives a secret life in his dreams, his spirit traveling to a bright, equatorial world he comes to love. ... more »Reared as an air force brat, dragged from one base to another, Monegal's interior world is a strange, confusing, and ever more intoxicating alternative to the harsh and painful realities of his life in the twentieth century. This extraordinary dream world targets him for White Sphinx, a secret government time-travel experiment that send him millions of years into the Central African past of his dreams. When the one link with his own time breaks down, he joins a tribe of protohumans and learns to survive while providing them with a few of the handy benefits of the twentieth century. Stranded and alone, he shares their endless struggle of life and death.« less