-Poul Anderson, The Shield Of Time (New York, 1991), PART ONE, 1987 A. D., p. 4.
"The Temporal Bureau doesn't care how much you spend (it costs nothing)..."
-Robert Heinlein, "'- All You Zombies -'" IN Heinlein, The Unpleasant Profession Of Jonathan Hoag (London, 1980), pp. 126-137 AT p.134.
The Patrol sends time criminals to an exile planet whereas the Bureau can exile its own court-martialed members to a year in, e.g., 1974 when there is strict rationing and forced labor. In Poul Anderson's "My Object All Sublime," (see here) a future civilization exiles criminal to unpleasant past periods.
The Temporal Bureau is named once in a single short story whereas the Time Patrol fills two long volumes.
Kaor, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI wondered just now how the Patrol handled its FINANCES and how it obtained the different kinds of funds its agents needed in many eras of history. Simply keeping its bookkeeping from falling into hopeless chaos must absorb the energies and knowledge of a very specialized staff!
Ad astra! Sean