As a reader, my fascination with time travel began as a child. When I first read The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, I was enthralled by the idea of travelling either backward or forward in time.
Traveling backward could allow one to catch glimpses of historical events or important figures. You could go back and wander among dinosaurs. Similarly, traveling forward gives a view of the development of man, technology and the future of our planet.
As I sat down to write my book, Extra Innings, I was fascinated by the different views of time travel that have been used in fiction. This post will discuss those various theories and I’ll give you a view of my thought process in landing on one.
Here are some of the theories that have been presented in fiction:
- Precognition – This is the idea of seeing the future during dreams or through…
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Thanks again for sharing this, Chris.
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My pleasure, Don 👍😃
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I’m a great enthusiast for time travel. I would caution new authors not to have a time traveller come from the near future if you are going to catch up with them again in real time as the series progresses. Their initial knowledge and attitudes may need to reflect the story you haven’t written yet 😉
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Good advice, Jemima. My character only traveled to the past.
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I love the idea of time traveling in stories, it allows the writer to create new worlds.
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It does allow this. I decided to explore the possibilities of the past.
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