Towards a Taxonomy of Time Travel

By Brenda Clough

I am writing a time travel novel. A very complicated subject, with a considerable literary history! In an effort to organize my unlucky characters’ thinking on it, I began to draft a Taxonomy, illustrated by examplesthat with luck we will all know.Is some major category missing? Can you name other movie or book examples? Let me know!

1. Time travel can change the past

A. Changes appear instantly; old time line is immediately overwritten

(A1) BackTo The Future – Marty feels change...