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A time slip is a plot device in fantasy and science fiction in which a person, or group of people, seem to travel through time by unknown means. [12] [13] The idea of a time slip has been used in 19th century fantasy, an early example being Washington Irving's 1819 Rip Van Winkle, where the mechanism of time travel is an extraordinarily long sleep. [14]
Time travel is a concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly science fiction. In fiction, time travel is typically achieved through the use of a device known as a time machine. The idea of a time machine was popularized by H. G. Wells's 1895 novel The Time Machine. [1] It is uncertain whether time travel to the past would be physically ...
A time travel project probe from the year 2073 is sent to the year 1973 and goes wrong, creating a plague-ravaged, alternate timeline whose inhabitants are locked in a constant battle with killer robots. The hero must find a similar time machine in this alternate world and prevent the disaster from ever happening. 1994 Star Trek Generations
S. Carmen Sandiego (character) Vandal Savage; Savitar (comics) Alisa Seleznyova; Gary Seven; Ava Sharpe; Jack Shephard; Dragon Shiryū; Andromeda Shun; Sidon (The Legend of Zelda)
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 ...
A must-read for any fans of time travel fiction, The Time Traveler's Almanac is "the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled." In it, editors Ann and Jeff ...
Frank J. Tipler (1947–) proved that time travel requires singularities, promoted the anthropic principle; Richard C. Tolman (1881–1948) showed that the cosmic background keeps a black-body profile as the universe expands; Mark Trodden (1968–) studied cosmological implications of topological defects in field theories
Ronald Mallett loves the concept of time travel. He has since he was a kid. At 77, the former University of Connecticut physics professor still isn’t backing down from his theory: A spinning ...