tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1275526589198988033..comments2024-03-28T07:57:49.338+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: TimeKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-6640723478527052362016-07-25T17:39:31.759+01:002016-07-25T17:39:31.759+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Certainly! I agree! Those were genuin...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Certainly! I agree! Those were genuinely masterful, skillfully written examples of using the single continuous time line concept for time traveling novels.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-92170776991908504962016-07-25T17:10:59.814+01:002016-07-25T17:10:59.814+01:00Sean,
But he did a brilliant job in THERE WILL BE....Sean,<br />But he did a brilliant job in THERE WILL BE..., THE CORRIDORS OF... and THE DANCER FROM ATLANTIS.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-35511088378520087462016-07-25T16:50:30.950+01:002016-07-25T16:50:30.950+01:00Kaor, Paul!
The difficulties mentioned here might...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />The difficulties mentioned here might explain why Poul Anderson tended to prefer the "looser" concept of time traveling we see in his Time Patrol stories. I mean PA thought the TP stories involved fewer difficulties than what we see in THERE WILL BE TIME or THE CORRIDORS OF TIME.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-62802039737395826222016-07-25T16:34:50.196+01:002016-07-25T16:34:50.196+01:00Sean,
You are right. Very unlikely sequences of ev...Sean,<br />You are right. Very unlikely sequences of events would be necessary to prevent knowledge of time travel spreading - which is why I think that time travel in a single continuous timeline is statistically improbable.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-34908745180427909632016-07-25T16:21:53.785+01:002016-07-25T16:21:53.785+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I was too brief. My thought was that ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I was too brief. My thought was that if time traveling is possible in a single continuous time line, how possible would it be to prevent knowledge of time traveling from spreading, becoming known at large? And wouldn't that alone change recorded history? If so, WE should be reading about real time travelers right now. So, different, diverging time lines seems more likely.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-87493588093772921112016-07-25T09:19:57.772+01:002016-07-25T09:19:57.772+01:00Sean,
I argue in "The Logic of Time Travel: P...Sean,<br />I argue in "The Logic of Time Travel: Part I" that time travel in a single continuous timeline is logically possible but statistically improbable.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-86290122975281943962016-07-25T01:25:42.445+01:002016-07-25T01:25:42.445+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I can't help but wonder, if "...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I can't help but wonder, if "time travel" is possible, it would only "work" under the Divergent Timelines" hypothesis.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com