Imagine:
another small group constructs a time projector independently;
like Saunders, they learn that it is impossible to travel more than seventy years into the past and therefore they continue into the future;
they visit some of the same periods as he did but also others;
not trapped inside an Ixchulhi pyramid, they meet these interstellar conquerors;
each stop that they make is a complete adventure and an instalment of a series which can be continued indefinitely.
Is there any future for time travel series?
In Anderson's Time Patrol series, each instalment features a different past (historical or prehistorical) period with discussion (or demonstration) of the consequences of temporal alterations.
The Doctor Who TV series began with a malfunctioning TARDIS (spacetime machine) which performed like a pendulum, swinging backwards and forwards between past Terrestrial and futuristic/extraterrestrial periods. Thus:
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
What I thought was that Saunders should have been more cautious about testing his time machine, and wondered if he would have trouble returning to his "starting point." Start with going forward in time via five year increments and returning to see if there were any difficulties. It would not have taken long for Saunders to discover that 70 years past ward limit.
Ad astra! Sean
My though was he should have first tested going back in time, and returning to the 'present'. Make the 1st test merely minutes or hours, so that at worst he merely has to wait a short time to get to the 'present'. Then do longer jumps to check for limits.
Kaor, Anonymous!!
That should work! And a better suggestion than mine. I think we would both agree 100 year jumps thru time would be too much for such an experimental device on the first occasions of it being used.
Ad astra! Sean
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