Not This Tide
- by Sheila Finch
- Novella
- Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Not This Tide” by Sheila Finch, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February 2020.
Through the eyes of young Rosemary (in 1944 London during the time of buzz bombs and V-2 rockets) and old Rosemary (now called Mary in 2035 Oslo), we see the picture of her whole life from her imaginary friend during the war to her physicist grandson at Princeton.
—Michael Main
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1940 to 1949: December 1944
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: December 2035 and possibly later for the actual travel
- Timeline Models
- Single Consistent Timeline: “She understood now that it was because he had no choice.”
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants: both Rosemary and her father
- Save Your Ancestor!
- Real-World Tags
- Groupings
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- “Not This Tide” by Sheila Finch, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February 2020.