TIME TRAVEL~
Paul J. Nahin's TIME TRAVEL: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO THE REAL SCIENCE OF PLAUSIBLE TIME TRAVEL is a fascinating read for the dreamers out there. Nahin's book belongs to the Writer's Digest Science Fiction Writing Series. I first read it after writing a few Time Guardian stories only to realize that I either picked up the assumptions behind time travel via studying geology or from watching sci-fi films & Star Trek. I'm not a Trekkie as one would call those who collect more than the series on tape/DVD. But I did buy the entire original series ages ago. We must give Star Trek the credit where credit is due: they played with time travel more than sufficiently to teach us the trials and pitfalls of such a feat.
When I finally read this book (rather quickly because it was so fascinating), I remember thinking Dang! I had thought of everything already. Weird? Like I said. We're all inundated with these ideas in TV shows and films these days. Look at The Twilight Zone... I ate that show up as a kid. Although when I was in high school, my greatgrandfather didn't believe we made it to the moon. He fancied the film footage as staged like so many others. Let's just say not all generations afoot are open to such ideas. I'll spare you from my annoying habit of delving into human nature here!
The big point here is that if you write time travels, you can skirt many issues haunting writers during critique sessions by reading Nahin's book and covering your arse.
I used his "list" of points to write my Points of Time Travel--time-travel Code. We'll just chalk that up to my goofy scientific need to standardize everything. Oy! In the end, time travel wasn't a function of science in my series. Although, my heroes are Post-modern alchemists who study the science behind the magic of fairy-induced time travel. ~Skhye
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When I finally read this book (rather quickly because it was so fascinating), I remember thinking Dang! I had thought of everything already. Weird? Like I said. We're all inundated with these ideas in TV shows and films these days. Look at The Twilight Zone... I ate that show up as a kid. Although when I was in high school, my greatgrandfather didn't believe we made it to the moon. He fancied the film footage as staged like so many others. Let's just say not all generations afoot are open to such ideas. I'll spare you from my annoying habit of delving into human nature here!
The big point here is that if you write time travels, you can skirt many issues haunting writers during critique sessions by reading Nahin's book and covering your arse.
I used his "list" of points to write my Points of Time Travel--time-travel Code. We'll just chalk that up to my goofy scientific need to standardize everything. Oy! In the end, time travel wasn't a function of science in my series. Although, my heroes are Post-modern alchemists who study the science behind the magic of fairy-induced time travel. ~Skhyewww.skhyemoncrief.com
www.timeguardians.com
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