 First edition | |
| Author | Andre Norton |
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| Cover artist | Giac Faragasso |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Time Traders |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | World Publishing Co. |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback, and electronic) |
| Pages | 224 |
| Preceded by | The Defiant Agents |
| Followed by | Firehand |
Key Out of Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Andre Norton, set on the world, Hawaika, that appears to be a tropical paradise.
It is the fourth in Norton's series starts in The Time Traders, part of her Forerunner universe, and continues the series’ premise: A hostile encounter between Western heroes, and the Russian Communists, and the Baldies – a mysterious alien race that used time travel to alter Earth. In the previous novel, The Defiant Agents, events are treated as a Time Agent failure – but re-read that novel for a different interpretation.