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Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order
Time travel, changing history, forestalling it's not a job for the weak. For one thing, the things people in the future wear…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
18 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2011
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Damien Broderick
146 books31 followersDamien Francis Broderick was an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction credits him with the first usage of the term "virtual reality" in science-fiction, in his 1982 novel The Judas Mandala.
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August 5, 2021
Bobby and Moira are married and they arrive in 2073 Melbourne. Bobby has a job to take care of and it is implied that the job must go without any hiccups as the future depends on it.
It takes place in Melbourne so I really liked all the references to places that I know and have visited so many times. And I liked that they could visit the future without any issues, but only travel back up to the point the time travel machine was invented. But other than that I could not like this story. A lot of time was spent on describing the attire that they wear. They didn't exactly mention what the job was that Bobby was looking after. The only thing that was mentioned was that the future depended on it and they saved nine million lives but how, why?
It was a waste really.
1 star
It takes place in Melbourne so I really liked all the references to places that I know and have visited so many times. And I liked that they could visit the future without any issues, but only travel back up to the point the time travel machine was invented. But other than that I could not like this story. A lot of time was spent on describing the attire that they wear. They didn't exactly mention what the job was that Bobby was looking after. The only thing that was mentioned was that the future depended on it and they saved nine million lives but how, why?
It was a waste really.
1 star
October 24, 2020
Free short at tor.com:
https://www.tor.com/2011/05/25/time-c...
Time-travel story. Has moments, but just OK. I do like the art, by Victo Ngai, which is better than the story.
The reference is to Samuel R. Delany's classic "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
-- which is a whole lot better than this one.
https://www.tor.com/2011/05/25/time-c...
Time-travel story. Has moments, but just OK. I do like the art, by Victo Ngai, which is better than the story.
The reference is to Samuel R. Delany's classic "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
-- which is a whole lot better than this one.
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November 1, 2014It takes something almost special for a story so short to feel so utterly pointless.
January 14, 2021
A Free Tor.com short story which can be found here.
My children talk about the pictures of me from the early 90's the same way these characters talk about fashion from the future.
My children talk about the pictures of me from the early 90's the same way these characters talk about fashion from the future.
January 3, 2016
Mysterious travelers from the future arrive in 2073 Melbourne with a mission to prevent a grave catastrophe from taking place.
This story could have been so much more. The beginning is packed with cringeworthy jokes about fashion, but once events start rolling it is actually pretty good. Only for it to end too quickly with hints at a richer more captivating story revolving around the two main characters.
Not for everyone, but still worth a go.
Read as part of The Time Travel Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories.
This story could have been so much more. The beginning is packed with cringeworthy jokes about fashion, but once events start rolling it is actually pretty good. Only for it to end too quickly with hints at a richer more captivating story revolving around the two main characters.
Not for everyone, but still worth a go.
Read as part of The Time Travel Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories.
February 6, 2014
Another Tro.com short story
This is odd, another story on Tor that mentiones a big war in Venesuala. I wonder if that's something on peoples radar right now? This is a time travel one, and it has a library in it, so I feel like I should like it more then I do. Instead of talking about that though, this story just talks about how people in the future have weird clothes and are kind of rude and or dumb. I guess it can maybe be apllyed that ever era is like that though. This story rates a meh, but had some interesting ideas.
But oh the choice to destroy history in order to save lives :(
This is odd, another story on Tor that mentiones a big war in Venesuala. I wonder if that's something on peoples radar right now? This is a time travel one, and it has a library in it, so I feel like I should like it more then I do. Instead of talking about that though, this story just talks about how people in the future have weird clothes and are kind of rude and or dumb. I guess it can maybe be apllyed that ever era is like that though. This story rates a meh, but had some interesting ideas.
But oh the choice to destroy history in order to save lives :(
October 16, 2016
What would you do with time travel - stop terrible things from happening? The title alone makes it worth the read.
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