Time Travel

[sexdrugsmoney]

Lately I've been reading a few Science Fiction short stories; specifically Asimov's "The ugly little boy" & Alfred Bester's "The men who killed Mohammed".

Both were very good, and both reminded me of why I was a fan of The Outer Limits a long time ago, though since have not viewed any. (Bester's work I loved more - for the record)

Both of these short stories deal with time travel, a subject I'm interested in and would like to learn more about. I specifically like Chaos Theory, like Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder" dealt with, which inspired the film "The Butterfly Effect". (Bester's "The men who killed Mohammed" also talks about chaos theory a little)

Although it's not a work of fiction, I'm thinking about trying Paul Davies book "About time", has anybody read this book, and would they recommend it?

Any other suggestions or discussion is appreciated.

Cheers.

"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking is a great book.

I agree. When I'm done building my time machine I'm going back to roughly 33 AD to see what all the hoopla was about.

[benkahuna]

You could watch the movie Primer which is cool and original in some ways and completely unprofessional and unnecessarily vague in other ways.

Try reading about tachyon particles (not fiction) which travel faster than light and thus (apparently) backward in time.

There was a cool episode of Ray Bradbury theater about time travel. Guy has a journalist present where he said he briefly went before in his time machine travling 100 years into the future.

The movie The Final Countdown is kind of fun if you haven't seen it.

Time Bandits is a classic, but I found it hit the educational angle a little too hard, not very subtle.

You might try IMDB for the subject time travel. They have thematic organizations for their movies.

There are a few Twilight Zone episodes that deal with time travel.

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Try reading about tachyon particles (not fiction) which travel faster than light and thus (apparently) backward in time.


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Tachyon Particles (http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/tachyon.html)

Key word is hypothetical. Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light

[Zygote]

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[malorum]

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I agree. When I'm done building my time machine I'm going back to roughly 33 AD to see what all the hoopla was about.

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been done:
http://www.newpara.com/Vatican_Time.htm

a good book for would be time travelers is

The Philosophy of Time Travel. by Roberta Ann Sparrow

[eOXevious]

You know what I say, I think if you go faster than light... you just go really really really fast...thats all... and i hope to be alive when they prove me right or wrong.

[tek]

Ben Bova's Orion books (a trilogy) were very good.

[sexdrugsmoney]

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This was an entertaining read, thanks.

[sexdrugsmoney]

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You could watch the movie Primer which is cool and original in some ways and completely unprofessional and unnecessarily vague in other ways.

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Seen it once, &amp; started a thread on SMP about it. I found it very confusing. (it seems even smart people need a second viewing to understand this one properly)

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Try reading about tachyon particles (not fiction) which travel faster than light and thus (apparently) backward in time.

There was a cool episode of Ray Bradbury theater about time travel. Guy has a journalist present where he said he briefly went before in his time machine travling 100 years into the future.

The movie The Final Countdown is kind of fun if you haven't seen it.

Time Bandits is a classic, but I found it hit the educational angle a little too hard, not very subtle.

You might try IMDB for the subject time travel. They have thematic organizations for their movies.

There are a few Twilight Zone episodes that deal with time travel.

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I will look into these, as I will to others suggestions which are appreciated.

[Jim T]

There is a Heinlein short story that is a classic of the sub-genre. The title is something like "All You Zombies".

[ChromePony]

Kip Thorne's "Black Holes and Time Warps" has a nice chapter at the end on time travel through worms holes, its not gunna happen but cool stuff theoretically speaking.

Kaku's Hyperspace (although recent it is already a bit dated)

[FoxwoodsFiend]

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Lately I've been reading a few Science Fiction short stories; specifically Asimov's "The ugly little boy" &amp; Alfred Bester's "The men who killed Mohammed".

Both were very good, and both reminded me of why I was a fan of The Outer Limits a long time ago, though since have not viewed any. (Bester's work I loved more - for the record)

Both of these short stories deal with time travel, a subject I'm interested in and would like to learn more about. I specifically like Chaos Theory, like Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder" dealt with, which inspired the film "The Butterfly Effect". (Bester's "The men who killed Mohammed" also talks about chaos theory a little)

Although it's not a work of fiction, I'm thinking about trying Paul Davies book "About time", has anybody read this book, and would they recommend it?

Any other suggestions or discussion is appreciated.

Cheers.

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I forgot the name of the article, but a philosopher named David Lewis gave a great account of time travel that I think makes the most sense of any explanation of what it would involve. Google it.

[NotReady]

One of the best time travel stories was by the short, short master, Fred Brown. Read it if you can find it. I think it's one page long.