A Quantum Love Story
- by Mike Chen
- Novel
- Science Fiction, Romance
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen (Mira, January 2024).
Awkward neuroscientist Mariana is pulled into a four-day time loop by equally awkward Carter, who is a tech at the particle accellerator that started the whole thing.
—Michael Main
He already knew he was in a loop of some sort, something that started the instant he woke up on Monday mornings.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Initially, they are in 2094. Mariana also goes back twenty years to 25 March 2074.
- Timeline Models
- Multiple Naive Timelines: In addition to the time loop, Mariana and Kendra travel into the past, definitely creating new timelines (e.g., Mariana does or doesn not visit Kendra), but the timeline model is unclear.
- Time Loop
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Catapults: The accellerator catapults Kendra into the past twice and Mariana once.
- Time Retrievers: The accellerator will potentially retrieve Kendra.
- Themes
- Fix History!: Mariana goes back to fix the construction of the accellerator.
- Grandfather Paradox: discussed
- Never Change the Past!: A great fear of paradoxes makes the actual time travelers avoid anything that could make a significant change.
- Save Your Family!: Mariana is determined to save her step-sister.
- Time Travel Sickness, Injuries, and Mixed-Up Body Parts: Her skull nearly exploded, but she got over it.
- Real-World Tags
- Mammoths and Mastodons: Prehistoric mammoth suddenly appears.
- Sundry Extinct Species: A dire wolf skeleton also appears, presumably from the past.