No Enemy But Time

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No Enemy But Time

Cover of first edition (hardcover)
Author Michael Bishop
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novel
Publisher Timescape Books/Simon and Schuster
Publication date 1982
Media type Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages 397 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-671-44973-7

No Enemy But Time is a 1982 science fiction novel by Michael Bishop. It won the 1982 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was also nominated for the 1983 John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

The novel follows the story of a modern black American man who is able to mentally project himself back to pre-human Africa, where he meets (and eventually mates) with humanity's prehistoric ancestors.

Preceded by
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Nebula Award for Best Novel
1982
Succeeded by
Startide Rising
by David Brin