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The Meteor Girl

by Jack Williamson
When a meteor lands on the beachfront airfield of our narrator and his partner Charlie King, Charlie realizes that it provides a space-time portal through which they view the death-at-sea of Charlie’s ex-fiancée.
— Michael Main
A terrestrial astronomer may reckon that the outburst on Nova Persei occurred a century before the great fire of London, but an astronomer on the Nova may reckon with equal accuracy that the great fire occurred a century before the outburst on the Nova.
“The Meteor Girl” by Jack Williamson, Astounding, March 1931.

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Time Patrol

by Poul Anderson
In the first of a long series of hallowed stories, former military engineer (and noncomformist) Manse Everard is recruited by the Time Patrol to prevent time travelers from making major changes to history. (Don’t worry, history bounces back from the small stuff.)
— Michael Main
If you went back to, I would guess, 1946, and worked to prevent your parents’ marriage in 1947, you would still have existed in that year; you would not go out of existence just because you had influenced events. The same would apply even if you had only been in 1946 one microsecond before shooting the man who would otherwise have become your father.
“Time Patrol” by Poul Anderson, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1955.

Unusual Tales #11

Dream On . . . !

by Joe Gill [?] and Maxwell Elkan
Fred Cotton refuses to sleep because each of his nightmares later comes true!
— Michael Main
He fought sleep like a man fighting demons! But no man can stay awake forever! His eyelids began to close, heavy with fatigue, his head began to nod . . .
“Dream On . . . !” by Joe Gill [?] and Maxwell Elkan, Unusual Tales #11 (Charlton Comics, March 1958).

Unusual Tales #13

After Tomorrow!

by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno
While preparing for war against Bulavia, King Gustave of Translovia sees two visions of the future by way of a magnificent timepiece.
— Michael Main
I have had a vision of my victory tomorrow!
“After Tomorrow!” by Joe Gill [?] and Bill Molno, Unusual Tales #13 (Charlton Comics, September 1958).

Unusual Tales #20

The Forbidden Camera

by Joe Gill [?], Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia
Archeologist Wayne Banford ignores the sanskrit warning to leave the camera where he found it in a cave with an idol.
— Michael Main
He who would claim this camera as his own will have a life of woe heed this warning.
“The Forbidden Camera” by Joe Gill [?], Charles Nicholas, and Vince Alascia, Unusual Tales #21 (Charlton Comics, March 1960).

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (s07e08)

Bada Ping!

by Nancy Cohen, directed by Anson Williams
Sabrina takes Salem into the future to find out her fate after gangster Mickey Brentwood finds out that she’s writing an exposé on his shady practices.
— Inmate Jan
You see, this thug nightclub owner threatened our little Lois Lame over there—
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (s07e08), “Bada Ping!” by Nancy Cohen, directed by Anson Williams (The WB-TV, USA, 22 November 2002).

Paycheck

by Dean Georgaris, directed by John Woo
Unlike Philip K. Dick’s story of the same name, the film has only viewing the future rather than physical time travel such as the story’s time scoop’s retrieval capability. Also, the film omits Dick’s dystopian police state and his theme of fate via what appears (in the story) to be a single static timeline. On the other side of the coin, the filmmakers made an epic car chase scene, took Jenning’s female sidekick off the sidelines, and attempted to massively raise the stakes via some questionable choices by Jennings.
— Michael Main
Shorty: Look, if we know anything, we know that time travel's not possible. Einstein proved that. Right?
Michael: Time travel, yes. But Einstein was very clear that he believed time viewing, theoretically, could be accomplished.
Paycheck by Dean Georgaris, directed by John Woo (at movie theaters, USA, 25 December 2003).

Paradox

by Lizzie Mickery and Mark Greig, directed by Simon Cellan Jones and Omar Madha
D.I. Rebecca Flint quickly realizes that the mysterious photos downloading themselves to Dr. Christian King’s lab must be depicting future crimes and other calamities that only Rebecca and her team can stop.
— Michael Main
Gada: Think of the implications if we do stop something . . . mess with things that we don’t understand.
Flint: You wouldn’t say that if we’d stopped the tanker.
Gada: Perhaps the tanker was meant to crash. It wasn’t our place to . . .
Flint: . . . Save lives?
Paradox by Lizzie Mickery and Mark Greig, directed by Simon Cellan Jones and Omar Madha (BBC One, 24 November to 22 December 2009).

The Flash, Season 2

by multiple writers and directors
After Barry aborts his mission to the past in Season 1 in order to prevent his own present from being erased, he finds that his travel has caused even bigger problems! Yep, a rift has been a-opened to a parallel world with an alternate Flash and an evil speedster and—it would seem—more time travelin’ and another attempt to save his mom and dad!
— Michael Main
No, that’s not how it works. In our timeline, Barry’s mother’s already dead, and her death is a fixed point. And nothing can change that.
The Flash, season 2 by multiple writers and directors (The CW, USA, 6 October 2015) to 24 May 2016).

ドロステのはてで僕ら

Dorosute no hate de bokura English release: Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes Literal: We at the end of the Droste

by 上田誠, directed by 山口淳太
For the first sixty minutes, a perfect static timeline seemed to be emerging from Kato’s video stream from two minutes in the future. We might even get some philosophical commentary on free will! Alas, that was not to be as the final ten minutes presented a more commonplace ending, although the single-take nagamawashi was executed with perfection and garnered this fun film an Eloi Medal.

P.S. Don’t skip the end-credits!

— Michael Main
Your monitor and the shop’s TV are linked with a two-minute delay.
[ex=bare]ドロステのはてで僕ら | We at the end of the Droste | Dorosute no hate de bokura[/ex] by 上田誠, directed by 山口淳太 (at limited theaters, Japan, 5 June 2020).

Providence Falls Trilogy

by Jude Deveraux and Tara Sheets
After more than a century in limbo, Irish ruffian Liam O’Connor is dropped into an adult life in 21st-century Providence Falls where, in order to save his soul, he must convince his reincarnated true love, Cora, to marry someone other than himself. It appears that Liam had a long sleep, and Cora was reincarnated, but neither had real time travel.
— Michael Main
“Cora is on earth again in this twenty-first century,” Samuel said. “You must make sure she fulfills her true destiny in this life.”
The Providence Falls Novels, 2 vols. by Jude Deveraux and Tara Sheets (Mira, September 2020 to October 2022) [print · e-book].

Future Tense

by Danny Macks
John—a.k.a. kiddo to his mom—has the “gift” of seeing possible futures and trying to avoid them.
— Michael Main
There are always more than two options, John. Find option C.
“Future Tense” by Danny Macks, Daily Science Fiction, 28 June 2022 [webzine].

Prognostiqueso

by Beth Cato
“Prognostiqueso” by Beth Cato, Daily Science Fiction, 29 July 2022 [webzine].

Ghosts of Christmas Always

by Zach Hug and Annika Marks[/urlx, directed by Rich Newey
This time around, the usual three ghosts are only one of the many three-ghost teams who are given a yearly assignment to scrooge one of the many Scrooges who seem to be more numerous than ever before. Together with their 2022 assignment—Peter Baron, an unsatisfied son of a food baron—they provide a nice tear-jerker for the entire family.
— Michael Main
He’s like the anti-Scrooge.
Ghosts of Christmas Always by Zach Hug and Annika Marks[/urlx, directed by Rich Newey (Hallmark Channel, USA, 30 October 2022).
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