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A Brief History of Time Travel
A Brief History of Time Travel
A Brief History of Time Travel
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A Brief History of Time Travel – while indeed relatively brief – is quite a comprehensive compilation of fictional time travel. It is chock-full of detailed recaps and interesting facts about time travel stories from books, films, and television. If you aren’t a time travel enthusiast yet, you will be after reading this – because, as Mr. Spock might have said, “Time travel is fascinating.”
The book covers the history of time travel stories – from the 19th century with H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – all the way through to 2013. It includes such movies as Back to the Future, The Terminator, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Galaxy Quest and many others. Also included are TV shows like Lost, Fringe, and Star Trek, along with many other time travel stories from television, including episodes of The Twilight Zone and Doctor Who. The book also takes a look at the big names in sci-fi who have contributed to time travel, including Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Spider Robinson, Connie Willis, and Douglas Adams.
Many time travel methods and theories are discussed, including The Butterfly Effect, alternate realities, and timelines – along with time travel devices of many designs and capabilities. The concepts of Deus ex Machina, paradoxes, and the rules of time travel are also reviewed, as the author tries to touch upon most everything related to time travel through the years
Take a ride into the past that leads to the future. You are certain to learn some new things along the way.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Rasor
Release dateJun 1, 2013
ISBN9781301390526
A Brief History of Time Travel
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John Rasor

I've been writing for 20 years or more. I read a lot when I was younger and one day said to myself, "Hey, I can do that!” And I believe that I can. My first published book is a novel, Roadkill. It’s a serial killer thriller about a man who has lost his wife and unborn child because of a careless driver on her cellphone. Feeling he has been wronged by fate, and longing for revenge, he proceeds to wreak havoc on drivers using cellphones throughout Los Angeles and Orange County. The book follows both the killer and the police who are searching for him – with a lot of help from some motorcycle process servers along the way. My second published book is non-fiction, How Lost Got Lost, and is my take on the TV series Lost and how it failed its fans in the end with the worst ending to a TV series of all time. I have just published my third book - inspired by the TV show Fringe – which had an ending as wonderful as Lost’s was bad. The new book is called A Brief History of Time Travel. Despite its title, it is a comprehensive look at literary time travel over the last century and more. The book reminds us all of many fascinating tales from books, movies and on TV; what was good about them, and what didn’t work. The book also explains the rules of literary time travel and discusses the physics and concepts involved. The book also has a humorous side, because, let's face it – time travel in the real world has been deemed impossible by the likes of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Time travel enthusiasts should find this book quite informative and – as Mr. Spock might say – fascinating. I have also written two other books which haven't as yet been published. Confessions of a Hollywood Messenger is about all the wonderful things I saw on the amazing job I was forced to take when I was perceived as "too old" to continue my career in manufacturing and aerospace. My second as-yet-unpublished book was a novel, The Meter-Maid Murders. It revolves around the parking police in Los Angeles, and the killer who is stalking and killing them. I love to chat on the Internet about Lost, Fringe, time travel and like subjects. I also love pro football, and have been a staunch Arizona Cardinals fan since moving to Arizona in 2006 to be near my kids and grandkids.

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    Most of the book is awesome, but I can't get over the fact that he wrote that in the Back to the future movie, Marty was sent back in time by a guy he had "just met" that's not true. They were friends! Hello, remember the beginning of the movie he's hanging out at doc's house and docs not even there! He also trusted Marty to let him in unattended and on the secret about the time travel machine he built. I've been wanting to email this author but can't find his email address

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