Daniel Price
Hi Barry,
You ask a very good question. I probably could have explained it better in "The Song of the Orphans." Let's start with your specific scenario: if a Pelletier goes back in time and kills a direct ancestor, all they've done is create a new branching timeline in which that ancestor is dead. There are no Future Pelletiers in that chronology who can look back to the past and say "Hey, someone's trying to prevent us!" They simply don't exist. End of story.
Also keep in mind that the Pelletiers have a much different perception of time than we do. They share the same consciousness as all their alternate selves, so there's never an Azral vs. Azral conflict. If one of them has to steal a resource from the other one's timeline, they both perfectly understand the reasons for it and they both readily accept it. It's all about the greater good.
But people with our own limited view of time would definitely be more selfish about screwing with alternate chronologies, which would most certainly create self vs. self issues. To see how that kind of scenario would play out, you should read "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch. That book is crazy in all the best ways.
Hope that answers your question, Barry!
You ask a very good question. I probably could have explained it better in "The Song of the Orphans." Let's start with your specific scenario: if a Pelletier goes back in time and kills a direct ancestor, all they've done is create a new branching timeline in which that ancestor is dead. There are no Future Pelletiers in that chronology who can look back to the past and say "Hey, someone's trying to prevent us!" They simply don't exist. End of story.
Also keep in mind that the Pelletiers have a much different perception of time than we do. They share the same consciousness as all their alternate selves, so there's never an Azral vs. Azral conflict. If one of them has to steal a resource from the other one's timeline, they both perfectly understand the reasons for it and they both readily accept it. It's all about the greater good.
But people with our own limited view of time would definitely be more selfish about screwing with alternate chronologies, which would most certainly create self vs. self issues. To see how that kind of scenario would play out, you should read "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch. That book is crazy in all the best ways.
Hope that answers your question, Barry!
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Just wanted to say, I LOVE FLIGHT OF THE SILVERS. I'm going to read Slick, even though it's a totally different kind of book, because I need something to do while I wait for the sequel. I sort of wish I hadn't found Flight of the Silvers for a few more years because the wait for the sequel is killing me :) Truly, truly gifted. Thanks for your work!
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Flight of the Silvers is the sort of book that makes me despise discovering a series before it's off and running. I hate waiting! I listen to audio books at work and during this one I timed out of the system repeatedly because I was too busy listening to be typing. I don't really have any questions, so you needn't worry about answering. I just wanted to gush a bit. Besides, you should be writing. Write, man. Write! ;)
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No question, just praise. I loved this book. I feel it's in the spirit of Phillip Pullman. I have read many, many stories that have gotten close to this theme, but you have taken it to another level. I hope you take your time, but I am very excited to read the next chapter of this story?
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