text: The awards take their name from the 1934 short story `` Sidewise in Time '' by Murray Leinster , in which a strange storm causes portions of Earth to swap places with their analogs from other timelines .
simplified: The awards are named after the 1934 short story `` Sidewise in Time '' by Murray Leinster . In the story , a strange storm makes parts of the Earth exchange places with similar places from other timelines .