HG Wells wrote one classic, definitive time travel novel merely hinting at the paradoxes whereas Poul Anderson presents multiple fictions:
in the Old Phoenix sequence, many timelines coexist;
in the Time Patrol series, one mutable timeline exists because time travelers can change past events;
in The Corridors Of Time and There Will Be Time, one immutable timeline exists because time travelers cannot change past events;
in Starfarers, one immutable timeline exists because physical time travel is impossible.
Vast, systematic and comprehensive. And don't forget Wells.
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