Have you seen About Time? Some of the aspects of that movie seem to have explored some of these ideas. Except it's not scaled up to a society of time travelers, of course.
That's actually a pretty cool concept. Star Trek has hinted at the idea of massive use of time travel by a society a little, but of course, it's difficult to write if you want to keep internally consistent about paradox plot points.
Maybe there's a clean way to approach paradox issues (e.g. the universe course corrects), maybe it can be completely side-stepped, or maybe it can be swept under the rug.
Maybe there's a clean way to approach paradox issues (e.g. the universe course corrects), maybe it can be completely side-stepped, or maybe it can be swept under the rug.
Honestly, if technology is the reason for time travel, and if all information about NLT is available throughout the whole span of time that it exists, then it could very easily be something built into the technology that makes it possible in the first place. The tracker one wears would have a kind of paradox-avoidance feature that keeps one from going to a place/time they've already been, or from encountering any situation that would otherwise divide by zero.
"So, Bob, I was going to attend your son's first birthday party, but my paradox-avoidance ring went off. Apparently, your son had a dog that dug up a sapling. If I go to your son's party, you don't end up buying that exact dog for him, that sapling would end up growing into a tree that falls on my grandmother's house, somehow preventing my birth. Sorry about that, bud."
Funny, I'm in a similar boat. I'll never write the story, but I've mused on it occasionally. For me, the beacon was always a vacuum sealed warehouse 10m x 10m x 10m.
Start of the story, some boffin works out that colliding with air molecules will destroy any time machine going back, so he builds the warehouse, and posts the co-ordinates on the bitcoin blockchain.
One confirmation later, a time traveller arrives.
You should try to structure the entirety of the book based on chapters and sub-chapters. Would like to see a crowd writing an entire book lol. But of course, there needs to be a tighter group in the end to round up, edit, rewrite and make it coherent as a piece of work.
That looks great! You've really thought it through. It would be a shame if this didn't materialize. The concepts are awesome, and the intricate details that you put in there really defines it. Maybe future Kent is already hard at work on this!
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I debated about whether or not to post this, but I figured if nothing else, it's going on the blockchain so the original idea can always be traced back to me here.
I say go for it. Although there is plenty of books about the topic, I think your approach is fresh and unique. There's a lot of room to write a lot about it, tons of cool stuff and characters. Damn, I can even see a whole book series coming out just from this idea. And no, I don't have a time machine!
Have you seen About Time? Some of the aspects of that movie seem to have explored some of these ideas. Except it's not scaled up to a society of time travelers, of course.
That's actually a pretty cool concept. Star Trek has hinted at the idea of massive use of time travel by a society a little, but of course, it's difficult to write if you want to keep internally consistent about paradox plot points.
Maybe there's a clean way to approach paradox issues (e.g. the universe course corrects), maybe it can be completely side-stepped, or maybe it can be swept under the rug.
Honestly, if technology is the reason for time travel, and if all information about NLT is available throughout the whole span of time that it exists, then it could very easily be something built into the technology that makes it possible in the first place. The tracker one wears would have a kind of paradox-avoidance feature that keeps one from going to a place/time they've already been, or from encountering any situation that would otherwise divide by zero.
"So, Bob, I was going to attend your son's first birthday party, but my paradox-avoidance ring went off. Apparently, your son had a dog that dug up a sapling. If I go to your son's party, you don't end up buying that exact dog for him, that sapling would end up growing into a tree that falls on my grandmother's house, somehow preventing my birth. Sorry about that, bud."
Perhaps it could work quietly in the background. The act of avoidance could be felt like an inconvenient detour. "Damn red light."
I recognize the cover art to the movie, but I've never seen it.
Wasn't that actress also in another time travel movie, The Time Traveler's Wife?
Great movie.
Oh, and to answer your question on "About Time", I have actually not seen that to my recollection, but it sounds like I might need to.
Funny, I'm in a similar boat. I'll never write the story, but I've mused on it occasionally. For me, the beacon was always a vacuum sealed warehouse 10m x 10m x 10m.
Start of the story, some boffin works out that colliding with air molecules will destroy any time machine going back, so he builds the warehouse, and posts the co-ordinates on the bitcoin blockchain.
One confirmation later, a time traveller arrives.
You should try to structure the entirety of the book based on chapters and sub-chapters. Would like to see a crowd writing an entire book lol. But of course, there needs to be a tighter group in the end to round up, edit, rewrite and make it coherent as a piece of work.
That looks great! You've really thought it through. It would be a shame if this didn't materialize. The concepts are awesome, and the intricate details that you put in there really defines it. Maybe future Kent is already hard at work on this!
Wow, neat concept. Nice of you to post it!
Thank you. Maybe one of these days when I'm closer to retirement I can get it written.
I respectfully disagree with the rewards given for this post.
Personally I can not see how this post should be valued at 0ver $30, so I will "downvote" it (unfortunately still misrepresented by a flag icon on Steemit.com).
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/Thomas
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I say go for it. Although there is plenty of books about the topic, I think your approach is fresh and unique. There's a lot of room to write a lot about it, tons of cool stuff and characters. Damn, I can even see a whole book series coming out just from this idea. And no, I don't have a time machine!
thats great!
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Sounds intriguing. I, for one, would be very interested in the materialized product. Here's to hoping. :)