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 The Forest of Time is a Speculative Fiction novella by Michael Flynn first published in 1987 and anthologized several times since. It's set in Pennsylvania in an alternate timeline in which the American states failed to form a union after the Revolution, and have been engaged in small-scale wars over territory ever since.Because of this hostile state of affairs, when military scout Rudi Knecht stumbles across a stranger in the woods, Hernando Kelly, he assumes him to be a spy and captures him. Kelly, however, has a crazy story about how the mysterious device he's wearing lets him hop between alternate timelines. He started in our own world, but since making his first jump he's been unable to get home, probably because the act of jumping itself is subtly changing the timelines as he goes.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })Meanwhile, the various military officers in Knecht's base have different agendas for Kelly. The Hexmajor (military psychiatrist) assumes that Kelly is delusional and tries to hypnotize him into believing that he always lived in this timeline. Kommandant Vonderberge, who really wanted to be a scientist, thinks that the story is true and also totally awesome, so he tries to foil the Hexmajor's efforts. And the commanding officer, General Schneider, has gotten very interested in the advanced technologies described in Kelly's journals, since the hindrance to trade and communication caused by all the petty squabbling has retarded technical advancement in their own timeline. Knecht, however, notes that that advancement also fueled two world wars that his timeline avoided...Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })This novella includes examples of:
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