tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post4074051064102387009..comments2024-01-17T03:51:18.408+00:00Comments on The Loneliness of the Long Distance Writer: 22.11.63, time travel and paradoxesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-37880726318788851512013-10-24T09:48:50.523+01:002013-10-24T09:48:50.523+01:00Yes, that drives me a bit mad about the Terminator...Yes, that drives me a bit mad about the Terminator movies and it's never explained! There are a few similar things in the Doctor Who mythos too that feel very contradictory. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-29219329792365594472013-10-24T09:48:10.989+01:002013-10-24T09:48:10.989+01:00Great post, Niki - King's novel is still on my...Great post, Niki - King's novel is still on my 'to read' list.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-18544044994100625612013-10-11T15:14:49.204+01:002013-10-11T15:14:49.204+01:00A common one is that, when you go back in time, yo...A common one is that, when you go back in time, you start a new time track: the old track and the new one exist in parallel. You originated in the old one, where your origin is undisturbed.<br /><br />Some writers don't bother with parallel time tracks but just sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682999641144871884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-24465513804163468992013-10-11T15:14:07.239+01:002013-10-11T15:14:07.239+01:00A common one is that, when you go back in time, yo...A common one is that, when you go back in time, you start a new time track: the old track and the new one exist in parallel. You originated in the old one, where your origin is undisturbed.<br /><br />Some writers don't bother with parallel time tracks but just sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682999641144871884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-87621005656527552062013-10-11T15:13:55.704+01:002013-10-11T15:13:55.704+01:00A common one is that, when you go back in time, yo...A common one is that, when you go back in time, you start a new time track: the old track and the new one exist in parallel. You originated in the old one, where your origin is undisturbed.<br /><br />Some writers don't bother with parallel time tracks but just sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682999641144871884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-60298083061952796662012-09-29T11:24:21.219+01:002012-09-29T11:24:21.219+01:00I soon realized that no journey carries one far un...I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within. <br /><a href="http://www.seabreezetravels.com/flights-to-kinshasa" rel="nofollow">Flights to kinshasa</a><br /><a href="http://www.seabreezetravels.com/flights-to-kinshasa" rel="nofollow">Cheap Flights to kinshasa</a><br /><a href="http://www.seabreezetravels.com/flights-to-kinshasa" rel="nofollow">Cheap Air Tickets to kinshasa</a>iffatalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397610479494624458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-37941976717641971932012-06-30T13:08:11.962+01:002012-06-30T13:08:11.962+01:00Thanks Kinga. I'll check that out. Have you he...Thanks Kinga. I'll check that out. Have you heard about The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes? It's not out until next year but sounds quite interesting and perhaps along similar lines. http://www.thebookseller.com/news/shining-girl-beukes-lands-hc.htmlMs Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253929437848941761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-30696191104718330562012-06-30T11:24:36.935+01:002012-06-30T11:24:36.935+01:00Hi, there is a bizarre Spanish film Timecrimes (ht...Hi, there is a bizarre Spanish film Timecrimes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/) which deals with the concept in an interesting way I think. I would recommend it. <br /><br />btw. thanks for the comment on my blog. I have replied.Kingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670888226156369655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-20450174493928693772012-06-26T10:09:01.084+01:002012-06-26T10:09:01.084+01:00Great post, Niki - King's novel is still on my...Great post, Niki - King's novel is still on my 'to read' list.<br /><br />The great thing about time-travel stories is they can be whatever you want them to be - from a detailed exploration of the principles, to boldly going back without worrying too much about ripping holes in spacetime stuff, to all points in between.<br /><br />The interesting part (for me) is exploring what drives a character to leave a linear life behind to be somewhen else - what are they striving to be closer to, or to get away from... rather than just a temporal travelogue.<br /><br />It'll be interesting to see what your take on it would be - the trick is sticking to the rules you've set yourself (prepare for a lot of head-scratching): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Rules_of_time_travel (thanks to Jonathan Palfrey for the link)Andrew Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818032752619753645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-24769241937126395772012-06-25T19:34:20.097+01:002012-06-25T19:34:20.097+01:00Yes, that made me smile when he said it. Thanks Fa...Yes, that made me smile when he said it. Thanks Farah.Ms Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253929437848941761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-76878307349755107142012-06-25T18:17:08.409+01:002012-06-25T18:17:08.409+01:00This post reminded me of the fun I had reading Ste...This post reminded me of the fun I had reading Stephen Fry's 'Making History' - and I loved your husband's add-on about the further unanticipated and undesirable consequences of killing your grandfather!Farahhttp://www.farahghuznavi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-47765802605379424372012-06-23T21:24:32.204+01:002012-06-23T21:24:32.204+01:00You're right, Brian, I do. Been meaning to get...You're right, Brian, I do. Been meaning to get hold of that one for a while, actually. :)Ms Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253929437848941761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-39926185708025693242012-06-23T18:48:01.234+01:002012-06-23T18:48:01.234+01:00I think you need to take a look at my 'Build Y...I think you need to take a look at my 'Build Your Own Time Machine'… :-)Brian Clegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723555872580740773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-80845923428040867522012-06-23T15:55:51.952+01:002012-06-23T15:55:51.952+01:00Yes, that drives me a bit mad about the Terminator...Yes, that drives me a bit mad about the Terminator movies and it's never explained! There are a few similar things in the Doctor Who mythos too that feel very contradictory. <br /><br />The splitting time tracks idea is interesting and, yes, this gets rid of the Grandfather paradox. It adds a whole load of others, though. Like where does all the new matter come from in the new Universe, for example? And, if you disappeared from the old one, doesn't one of the places have more matter than it should and so isn't a copy? <br /><br />I think I might need a lie down if I keep thinking about all this stuff for long enough!Ms Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253929437848941761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-905139363605160477.post-36430821706925112282012-06-23T14:43:04.224+01:002012-06-23T14:43:04.224+01:00Whether the Grandfather Paradox is a paradox or no...Whether the Grandfather Paradox is a paradox or not depends on how time works. Many people have written time-travel stories and found many different ways of handling it.<br /><br />A common one is that, when you go back in time, you start a new time track: the old track and the new one exist in parallel. You originated in the old one, where your origin is undisturbed.<br /><br />Some writers don't bother with parallel time tracks but just suppose that going back in time replaces one version of the universe with another. You killed your grandfather, so you never get born in the new universe, but you exist in it as an adult interloper from a previous version of the universe.<br /><br />I seem to remember one or more writers imagining that time-travellers could exist in the past after changing history, but would wink out of existence if they returned to their own times. I'm not quite sure of the rationale for that.<br /><br />In the film "The terminator", a time-traveller from the future fathers a son, but his trip from the future was a direct result of the son's activities as an adult. This is actually worse than the Grandfather Paradox: it seems logically impossible no matter how time works.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661031964537092605noreply@blogger.com