Unlike the the TV adaptation of this fantasy, there’s no doubt in this
original version that time travel plays no role in the lives of Charles Underwood and his
son.
— Michael Main
He heard the voice and turned to see who had called him. There on top of a metal slide, a
boy of some nine years was waving. “Hello, Charlie. .
. !”
DEBUT
[ex=bare]“The Playground” | Tyrannosaurus Rex[/ex], in The Illustrated Man
(Har-Davis, 1952).
VARIANTS
Debut. [ex=bare]“The Playground” | Tyrannosaurus Rex[/ex], in The Illustrated Man (Har-Davis, 1952).
Release—Prior to 1977, the story had many publications, but it appeared in only one edition of <em>The Illustrated Man,</em> which was the first UK edition (1952).