Holy Heinlein! Jim Curry kindly gave me this book as a retirement gift. It is more of a
lit’ry work than a science fiction novel, and as such, I wish it had more deeply explored
the question of free will.
I’m saying: you are stuck in a time loop. If you take that call, then you always took
that call. You always take that call. It’s got to be self-consistent with the rest of
this. If you pick up that phone, it’s just one more thing that we’ll have to do
again. And who knows what complications it leads to.
DEBUT
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Pantheon Books,
September 2010).
VARIANTS
Debut. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Pantheon Books, September 2010).
I’m saying: you are stuck in a time loop. If you take that call, then you always took
that call. You always take that call. It’s got to be self-consistent with the rest of
this. If you pick up that phone, it’s just one more thing that we’ll have to do
again. And who knows what complications it leads to.
1 English variant