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An excellent short story! Two people who can both "remember" the future get together. But one of them sees only one future, whereas the other sees a multitude of possibilities. Which of them is correct?
This brings up wonderful quandaries of quantum mechanics, self-fulfilling prophecies, and predestination, but it also deals with the characters on a very personal level. From the most intimate details of their lives to the unique quirks of their day-to-day, they feel solid, believable, and likable ...more
This brings up wonderful quandaries of quantum mechanics, self-fulfilling prophecies, and predestination, but it also deals with the characters on a very personal level. From the most intimate details of their lives to the unique quirks of their day-to-day, they feel solid, believable, and likable ...more
Mar 04, 2023
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Hugo award winning novelette from 2012, a chick-lit like setting but about one of the paradoxes of many many speculative fiction novels, if you can see the future can you change it? Kind of. The man who sees the future and his doomed relationship (that he has long seen in advance) with the woman who sees many possible futures. And it is very interesting, under the light breezy tone it is about free will and choices. I actually thought the ending was too open, that it ended in the wrong place, bu
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Figgy
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