It’s probably one of the most commonly asked questions in time travel – to what time and place would you like to travel?
Happy Birthday HG Wells!
The Time Machine by H.G.Wells is not the first time travel novel, and as far as time travel novels go, it doesn’t have much time travel in it. But both he and this novel have opened up the world of time travel. Happy birthday Herbert!
Clock Anti-Clock – a time travel short movie
How does time flow in Clock Anti-Clock? Is there personal time, is it a matter of perception of time, or does time actually flow backwards?
Review: Stumbling on a Tale (Suzanne Roche)
“Stumbling On a Tale” is the next novel in the “Time to Time” series by Suzanne Roche. Like its predecessor it’s written beautifully and sweeps the reader in the author’s enthusiasm for the time and place that the novel is set. Layers are gradually added to the time travel mechanism, and there’s also promise of more great time travel things to follow too!
Review: The Traveler’s HOT L (CR Downing)
The concept of “The Traveler’s HOT L” is interesting and the time travel mechanics behind it is superb – I just wish that it was a full novel in itself rather than a collection of short stories with a pot luck chance of finding the genre interesting.
About time for a reflection
Is there a future with optic fibers and warped mirrors as time machines? Or are these just some random thoughts from the reflection of a wrinkly old man day dreaming in front of a mirror?
Punished for Punctuality?
Punctuality seems to be a rare commodity, yet it’s presence isn’t recognised. I’d like to think that punctuality to time is a matter of temporal precision and should be rewarded!
Review: Fated Memories by Joan Carney
Fated Memories by Joan Carney is a well written and interesting exploration into the times of the American Civil War seen through the eyes of Kitty and Maggie. Surviving as nurses they see the harsher sides of the war, although a romantic light shines its light into the novel. Frequent comparisons between the duo’s past and present keep the time travel theme alive, though as is fitting with the flavour of the novel, there is no heavy scientific content.
Temporal Disentanglement
We’re deeply entangled in space and time – but if people can’t deal with different cultures or with people who change location how can we expect to deal with time travelers?
Author Interview: D.L.Orton (Crossing in Time)
One of the many features which sets “Crossing in Time” up on its pedestal is how it draws on the author’s immense knowledge of science fiction. CIT has a feast of juicy time travel ideas, scientific concepts and gadgetry; Deb clearly knows her stuff!
Review: Backwards by Rob Grant
Backwards isn’t strictly a time travel novel – playing with time is simply a backdrop to the plot which at the same time creates plenty of comedic scenarios…as you’d hope from a comedy!
Review: Before you Leap by Les Lynam
Before you Leap by Les Lynam is a wonderful YA time travel novel with many other scifi ideas included. Les gives us ideas of future technology as well as an elegant time travel methodology – and how strained relationships between a Grandfather and a 5 times great grandson can be!
Action Cut: Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus
The Echo Back Action Cut shows the physical strain of time traveller Vance’s fight with the authorities, and his frustration that he needs to repeatedly go through this fiasco. He learns and becomes wiser – but they don’t.
Complex 3D Time
Can complex number theory be applied to time? Would a “complex time” component would effectively turn a time line into a time plane (or time volume?) possibly allowing for multitasking?
Author interview: Stewart Bint (Timeshaft)
The author swirling up the time travel waters is Stewart Bint, and in this interview Stewart fills us in on a few more details behind the time travel mechanics and the characters in Timeshaft and his thoughts for the future.
Review: Timeshaft by Stewart Bint
Timeshaft (Stewart Bint) is a brilliant time travel novel which fully explores the causal loop. Time travel mechanics and paradoxes are rife in Timeshaft with intelligent characters who get us tangled in a spiderweb of predestination!
Church Bells – a link with history?
Can we accept that church bells chiming “now” aren’t for ‘just’ now but that they’re a link through time where the past is connected through the present and into the future?
Review: The Trouble With Time by Lexi Revellian
Time travel plays a dominant role in “The Trouble with Time ” (Lexi Revellian) with many time travel issues addressed! Although the characters seem weak at times, they pull the plot forwards – complete with a brilliant inverted grandfather paradox!
Author Interview: Sherrie Cronin (46.Ascending)
I love Sherrie’s powerful writing style and how she melds many concepts from many fields into her 46.Ascending series of unique novels! Here’s our interview!
Review: The Time Store by Andrew Clark and Dee Matthews
The Time Store by Andrew Clark and Dee Matthews is a strong character driven novel with a magnetic quality which has the reader zoned into the lives of the proprietors of the Time Store establishment.
Author interview: CJ Moseley (The Paradox War)
In this author interview CJ gives us a much deeper understanding behind some of the ideas with The Paradox War, his writing strategy and why he hasn’t exploded yet.
Film: Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus
Echo Back – The Time Travel Virus (William Rosenthal and Tristram Geary) is an action Sci-Fi film about how the world would react if time travel was a virus. Does biological time travel have a head start on us?
Groundhog Day…again?
The classic movie Groundhog Day makes the basic assumption that February 2 will repeatedly come around again and again. It sounds like a dangerous approach…
Review: d4 by Sherrie Cronin
d4 by Sherrie Cronin is an action novel for intellectuals! It has a gripping plot which incorporates a fully thought out phenomenon of seeing into the future, as well as addressing the philosophical question of what to do with that knowledge.
Should you change the past?
“What would you change in your past” is a common question, but often not much thought is given over to the morals of changing the past. This article explores whether we should change our past at all.
Review: The Whatever Society by Steve Richer
A rushed short story or a drawn out advert for following books by the Steve Richer? The Whatever Society has some nice ideas at the beginning of the book, but it disintegrates pretty rapidly. Well. It was free. ..
Review: Time Bangers by Ivery Kirk and Luna Teague
Time Bangers (by Luna Teague and Ivery Kirk) is a light-hearted romp into the court of King Henry VIII. It handles time travel well, though it comes well into the second part of the novel.
Author Interview: Fabien Roy (Buckyball)
Fabien Roy shares his thoughts not only on his writing process, but also looks at some of the implications on the time travel element in his brilliant novel Buckyball.
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A tale of two Dutch cities and fractal time
Dutch cities Zwolle and Deventer are similar in appearance but only because being removed from an age dims the fine detail. Time isn’t fractal – the pattern isn’t visible and identical at all scales.
Author interview: Ernie Wood (One Red Thread)
In first my author interview, we meet the man behind the powerful novel “One Red Thread” – Ernie Wood. Being an author is busy – even when you’re not writing!
Review: Buckyball by Fabien Roy
Buckyball (Fabien Roy) is a brilliantly delivered take on repeatedly reliving part of your life over and over again. The attention to small time travel details and the writing style make Buckyball a superb read!
Quantum or steam powered time travel with a kettle
A watched kettle never boils. Does this make it a quantum or even just a steam powered time machine?
Review: One Red Thread by Ernie Wood
One Red Thread (Ernie Wood) doesn’t set out to be a time travel or scifi novel yet it is able to circumnavigate so many time travel pitfalls – and it’s all wrapped up beautifully in a literary writing style!
Time marches on with football
Gary Lineker is best known in football, but for me he’s the front man for crisps and the occasional quiz show. 21 years later we see the effects of the march time.
How Time Travel Works in Science Fiction
Infographic showing how time travel works in science fiction, with reference to movies and books. Superman may have got it wrong though…