<p><i>The Caltraps of Time</i> is David I. Masson''s only published book of fiction, a collection of short stories, most of which made their first appearance in <i>New Worlds SF</i> during the 1960s under the legendary editorship of Michael Moorcock. <br><br>An apocalyptic battle at the edge of the unknown, the deadly fascination of voracious magma, a world where the weather expresses itself as mood. These are only some of the themes tackled with superb scientific speculation by David I. Masson.</p>