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The plots of time-travel stories, rather than the theoretical concept of moving through time, are what truly bewilder us—with their doubling and tripling of characters, their narrative ...
A time traveler from an alternative world fails to prevent an alteration in the time-line, which leaves him in the present in a world (ours or at least like it) where time travel is unknown. He decides to keep the knowledge of time travel secret and accept his exile. 1963 Fantastic Four vol 1 No. 19 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
A secret government organization, the Department of Diachronic Operations (or D.O.D.O. for short), is dedicated to bringing magic back, and its members will travel through time to change history ...
Science fiction historian Sam Moskowitz rediscovered Mitchell's stories and collected them in The Crystal Man: Landmark Science Fiction (1973). [6] [7] Since then, "The Clock That Went Backward" has been regarded as the first known instance of using a mechanical device for time travel [2] [8]: 55 [9] and the first story using a temporal paradox as a central premise.
In 1952, Bob Wilson locks himself in his room to finish his graduate thesis on a mathematical aspect of metaphysics, using the concept of time travel as a case in point.. Bob does not care much at this point whether his thesis (that time travel is impossible) is valid; he is desperate for sleep and just wants to get it done and typed up by the deadline the next day to become an academic, since ...
As far as timing goes, travel seems to be easier at certain times of year, seemingly at times related to the changing seasons. Claire first traveled back in time just after the festival of Beltane ...
The story is parodied in the Time and Punishment section of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror V". [7] The story is referenced in a brief scene at the beginning of the Doctor Who episode "Space Babies". [8] The story is mentioned by the protagonists in the novel 11/22/63 by Stephen King on page 648.
Time travel in modern fiction is sometimes achieved by space and time warps, stemming from the scientific theory of general relativity. [9] Stories from antiquity often featured time travel into the future through a time slip brought on by traveling or sleeping, in other cases, time travel into the past through supernatural means, for example brought on by angels or spirits.