Historicity
- by Bob Newbell
- Flash Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Historicity” by Bob Newbell, 365 Tomorrows, 24 July 2013 [webzine] [Webzine accessed at https://365tomorrows.com/2013/07/24/historicity/ on 30 June 2021.].
In the moments before a jump, a traveler muses over the realities of time travel.
—Michael Main
That's a much nicer narrative device than having to find the right kind of black hole orbiting the right kind of star and then build a machine around both of them.
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- Time Periods
- Time Travel Methods
- Big Time Machines: “. . . find the right kind of black hole orbiting the right kind of star and then build a machine around both of them.”
- Time Catapults: “Did I mention it’s a one-way trip?”
- Themes
- Chronology Protection Conjecture: “Novikov self-consistency principle.”
- Reporting Back via a Time Capsules or Other Prearranged Systems: “They’ll locate it and dig it up the same day you were sent back in time, centuries after you're dead.”
- Time Travel Sickness, Injuries, and Mixed-Up Body Parts: “You’ll have at least two or three forms of cancer shortly after you arrive.”
- Groupings
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- “Historicity” by Bob Newbell, 365 Tomorrows, 24 July 2013 [webzine] [Webzine accessed at https://365tomorrows.com/2013/07/24/historicity/ on 30 June 2021.].