Full record for anywhen n.
| OED requirements | antedating 1941 |
| Earliest cite | Robert A. Heinlein, Elsewhen |
| Comment | The sense needed is in relation to time travel. The OED has an entry for the sense "at any time", but not for the sf sense.
Varun Rao submitted a cite from a 1990 reprint of Isaac Asimov's "The End of Eternity". Ralf Brown submitted a cite from a 1987 reprint of Robert Heinlein's story "Elsewhen"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1941 first publication. Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a reprint of Fritz Leiber's "Try and Change the Past"; Mike Christie verified it in the 1958 first magazine appearance. Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1981 reprint of Poul Anderson's "The Avatar". Ralf Brown located and Daniel Frankham submitted a 1971 cite from Robert Silverberg's "In Entropy's Jaws". Jeff Prucher submitted a 2002 cite from Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair" |
| Last modified | 30 July, 2019 |
Citations for anywhen n.
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| 1941 C. Saunders in Astounding Sci. Fiction Sept. 100/1 | The younger man glanced about him. Where are the others?Where? Anywhere, replied Frost with a shrug, and anywhen. |
| 2001 J. Fforde Eyre Affair 2 | I wasn't a member of the ChronoGuard. I never wanted to be. By all accounts it's not a huge barrel of laughs, although the pay is good and the service boasts a retirement plan second to none: a one-way ticket to anywhere and anywhen you want. |