Hollywood after 10
by Thomas Esaias
In the post-Chronarch civilization, groups of wealthy time travelers enthusiastically
take on causes in the past, such as making sure of a successful Norman Mailer
fund-raising party to support the convicted Hollywood 10 in the McCarthy era.
A child doesn’t fully mature until it self-consciously overcomes the mistakes its
parents and its community made in raising it. What we are doing is saying to our
ancestors, ‘Here and here you were wrong. We refuse to accept these errors. We are
taking command of our own history.’ This is part of the maturing of human culture.
“Hollywood after 10” by Thomas Esaias, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2015.