Wells: time travel to the far future.
Heinlein: circular causality in the near and far futures.
Harrison and Powers: circular causality in historical periods.
Matheson and Niffeneger: circular causality in the characters' lifetimes.
De Camp and Moore: causality violation in historical periods.
Anderson: both causality paradoxes in many future and historical periods; circular causality in Jack Havig's lifetime.
Whichever way I look at time travel, I find Poul Anderson incorporating and transcending the achievements of other authors.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Aside from Poul Anderson's time traveling novels and stories, I like best L. Sprague De Camp's LEST DARKNESS FALL and "The Wheels Of If."
Sean
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