Time Travelers Never Die
Early in the novelization of the story, Shel has a conversation with his dad about the
chronological integrity principle. There is only one timestream, and if we try to do
anything to change what is already known about the stream, then time will stop us. On the
other hand, if we can arrange for an event to happen that meets the known facts without
being quite what we thought it was. . .
What did you try to do? Post somebody at the Texas School Book Depository?