Book Details
“Time Travel in Theory and Practice” by Stan Love | The Time Traveler’s Almanac collection
Editors: Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Total Pages in the collection: 960
Published: March 18, 2014 by Tor Books
Discussion
Since Stan Love’s “Time Travel in Theory and Practice” is a short essay on time travel, I thought I’d offer my thoughts in the form of musings or discussion points. I liked the question posed at the beginning…”What if…?” Because it does drive us to wonder about the possibility of time travel, especially to the future.
Humans have the desire to know, and besides death, our futures are something that we know will unfold yet are left in the dark as to the manner in which it will happen. Love does a great job at referencing classic time travel stories to demonstrate some of his points, weaving them in with the theories of Einstein and other scientists and philosophers.
It tickled me a bit to dwell on the point he made about us all “time traveling” without realizing–we go at the same pace, but it’s 3,600 seconds per hour (well, because there are 3,600 seconds in an hour, but doesn’t it sound like we’re moving faster when it’s phrased in this way?).
My Rating:
4 out of 5
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About The Time Traveler’s Almanac
The Time Traveler’s Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century’s worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations.
This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu’s “Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers”).
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Thanks, Alesha, for your input. I enjoyed the information. It helped me understand better some of the stories.
You’re welcome!
If the next set of stories are going to focus on the science this essay talked about, then I have very high hopes for them!! 🙂
I didn’t do a writeup on the essay – pretty much because it was an essay and factual, not a fiction story. But I did read it, and it was very interesting. I enjoyed the discussion on what the science says about forwards and backwards time travel. I love the whole space-time concept too.
I enjoyed those parts as well!