The Bureaucratic Constraints of Time Travel by Jeff Currier, in The Kafka Protocol and the Burden of Compliance, edited by Jessica Augustsson (JayHenge, July 2024).
“Have any requests ever been approved?”
“Of course—just last week I approved a request to investigate the original Neolithic origins of the ‘Iceman’, the preserved mummy found in an Alpine glacier in the late 20th century.”
“And that wasn’t deemed a risk of changing the past?” Deraz asked.
“Certainly not. Prior to approval, it was determined the requestor was the ‘Iceman ’. ”
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Time Periods
Circa AD 2100 to 2199: Deraz’s home time (2179) and most likely the same century when his mother died
Far Future: The relevant temporal codes were from 2493 and 2845.
The Bureaucratic Constraints of Time Travel by Jeff Currier, in The Kafka Protocol and the Burden of Compliance, edited by Jessica Augustsson (JayHenge, July 2024).
“Have any requests ever been approved?”
