tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post8994577209567194004..comments2023-09-16T15:03:34.579+07:00Comments on Adam Heine: Time Travel for WritersAdam Heinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-14070086001343203932011-07-02T15:43:33.820+07:002011-07-02T15:43:33.820+07:00My most recent novel, CONUNDRUM, addresses time tr...My most recent novel, CONUNDRUM, addresses time travel with the line "You can't change history. You can only fulfill it."<br /><br />Twenty or thirty years ago, I offered up the theory that every time someone pulls off a successful time paradox (like killing Gramps), we get a big bang. But I've decided the universe is probably made of sterner stuff than that.Michael LaRoccahttp://www.editormichael.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-66671387179180560322011-06-03T22:37:58.390+07:002011-06-03T22:37:58.390+07:00@linda: Most stories I've read do paradox reso...@linda: Most stories I've read do paradox resolution #1 (time fork). But you might try reading UP THE LINE by Robert Silverberg. It handles resolution #5 (change happens immediately) REALLY well.<br /><br />Though be warned, there's a fair amount of sex and drugs in it. It WAS written in the 60's, after all.Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-7198344093529772222011-06-03T22:29:14.470+07:002011-06-03T22:29:14.470+07:00I can't stand time travel books or movies wher...I can't stand time travel books or movies where the paradox is resolved by any way other than #6 on your list, unless there's a really good reason for it, like in Edward Einhorn's <i>Paradox in Oz</i>. The other ones don't make much sense to me.lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16524291742541007382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-16494355766181975622011-05-31T23:02:46.675+07:002011-05-31T23:02:46.675+07:00I kind of hate the time-travel stuff, because sure...I kind of hate the time-travel stuff, because sure, in the story/movie, the good guys or the time-continuum keepers are always around to fix the problem. However, with the technology readily available, there's no way to intercept every stinking attempt to go back in time and stomp the humans out of existence while we are still in the tadpole state. It could just become a numbers game, and the future borg are going to have more resources.<br /><br />Time travel easily gets out of hand. It reminds me (in a sort of parallel way) of the Pirates of the Caribbean a little bit, in that it's pointless to fight with the undead dudes in their undead form, and kills a lot of the tension in the movie, because the undead guys simply can't be killed, and thus makes the fighting-action basically pointless (As a result, I watched the original PotC one time, and haven't watched any of the sequels (maybe I was in the room while someone watched part of the 2nd or 3rd, but that doesn't count!).<br /><br />But in a similar way, time-travel is a neat thing, but like any huge rule-changer, if abused it can kill any real tension in the story.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126561808521998532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-85979656211752588492011-05-31T20:21:14.684+07:002011-05-31T20:21:14.684+07:00There's also standing stones - Diana Gabaldon&...There's also standing stones - Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series does this really well, with a logical explanation and no lack of continuity. Everything else is straightforward adventure, family story, historical, etc., with just a teeny bit of time travel and its attendant moral and social issues thrown in.Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-864428132330016632011-05-31T12:15:56.871+07:002011-05-31T12:15:56.871+07:00I haven't written anything with time travel, b...I haven't written anything with time travel, but my sister has. Thanks for the interesting post!Myrna Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534358757278599925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-49387189580854897032011-05-31T05:58:20.254+07:002011-05-31T05:58:20.254+07:00I would love to write time travel, but I could nev...I would love to write time travel, but I could never wrap my mind around the whole thing. I just don't have that kind of brain, apparently! Very interesting post, though, and thanks for quantifying it all.<br /><br />Haha. I just made a time joke. Quantifying... get it...<br /><br />I'll let myself out.L. T. Hosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12448176940211118898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-79869573673999975652011-05-31T03:47:46.499+07:002011-05-31T03:47:46.499+07:00Excellent summary of the major means and the impor...Excellent summary of the major means and the important pitfalls! Time travel's just so fun to think about; it's a great exercise in twisting up your brain.jjdebenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950592240599703771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-4246362611167000472011-05-30T20:26:39.963+07:002011-05-30T20:26:39.963+07:00Sweet! And I'm definitely consulting this if I...Sweet! And I'm definitely consulting this if I lose the timidness. :)Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-46820971721222382012011-05-30T20:24:56.328+07:002011-05-30T20:24:56.328+07:00I did it once, but I took the easy way out. I sent...I did it once, but I took the easy way out. I sent them to the future then broke their machine (no paradox).Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-82644303873851582582011-05-30T20:23:18.448+07:002011-05-30T20:23:18.448+07:00I'll sing Keanu's praises in any time peri...I'll sing Keanu's praises in any time period (p.s. I think he's part android too).<br /><br />I recently decided to ditch time travel in a story, just because it felt way, way, waaaay, too complicated, and would overwhelm the other coolness in the story. But someday....I'll be brave enough to try.Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.com