Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Through Time

Sf shows cultural collisions, clashes etc when:

space explorers reach inhabited extrasolar planets;
time dilated space travelers return to Earth;
time travelers arrive in historical or future periods.

The conclusion of the preceding post reminds us of time travel stories by Poul Anderson:

"Welcome"
Time travelers to a near future are welcome to share a cannibalistic meal.

"Time Heals"
Increasing incomprehension with increased futurity.

"The Man Who Came Early"
A modern man does not succeed in an earlier period contra Mark Twain.

"The Little Monster"
A young boy's effect on proto-men.

"Flight to Forever"
Succeeding civilizations, either hostile or indifferent.

Also:

The Quincunx Of Time by James Blish
Not time travel but nevertheless increasingly incomprehensible messages from further futures.

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