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Yesterday Makers
I made a time machine and I made a yesterday. And look what happened.
A multi-layered time-travel story that starts with Paxton delving into his past. He wants vengeance, and his time machine—which he barely understands—can give it to him. And all without the paradoxes. But there is less to Paxton’s world than he realises. Much less.
Pierce is Paxton’s mentor. Pierce is smart and charismatic and highly evolved, but he cannot help Paxton. And Pierce has bigger fish to fry.
Yesterday Makers is an exploration of reality, perception, and consciousness. There is sadness, and nostalgia, and yearning, hints of love and violence, and the urge to put things right.
A creative act—a weird collaboration between a woman and a machine—underpins everything. But everything has a cost.
So fire up the interface engines, listen to the machines, and enjoy this unique take on time travel. This is science fiction to make you think.
A multi-layered time-travel story that starts with Paxton delving into his past. He wants vengeance, and his time machine—which he barely understands—can give it to him. And all without the paradoxes. But there is less to Paxton’s world than he realises. Much less.
Pierce is Paxton’s mentor. Pierce is smart and charismatic and highly evolved, but he cannot help Paxton. And Pierce has bigger fish to fry.
Yesterday Makers is an exploration of reality, perception, and consciousness. There is sadness, and nostalgia, and yearning, hints of love and violence, and the urge to put things right.
A creative act—a weird collaboration between a woman and a machine—underpins everything. But everything has a cost.
So fire up the interface engines, listen to the machines, and enjoy this unique take on time travel. This is science fiction to make you think.
- GenresTime Travel
198 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 24, 2016
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About the author
Russell Kightley
11 booksRussell Kightley has been writing sci-fi stories since 2014. His books are philosophical science fiction with a slice of satire and a twist of time travel. Often, they explore the nature of consciousness and reality. That sounds heavy, but they’re written in a light and easy style, often with wordplay. The short story collections, Café Street and Global Replace are a great way to sample them. Books available at all major retailers.
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October 31, 2017
So what happens when a group of time travelers go back in time to random dates? They make a heap of yesterdays in time bubbles. No big deal, except certain people, have ulterior motives, which leads to problems. There is also the fact that there are copies of these people all over the time-space continuum and many of them don’t know they are copies.
I found the plot just a smidge difficult to follow. However, I really enjoyed exploring the concept of going back in time to time pockets. I really liked the science, although I would have liked an explanation of how the ships worked. The characters were fun and at times witty. If you can handle weird with paradoxes then I’d recommend this book. I will definitely be reading future works by this author.
I found the plot just a smidge difficult to follow. However, I really enjoyed exploring the concept of going back in time to time pockets. I really liked the science, although I would have liked an explanation of how the ships worked. The characters were fun and at times witty. If you can handle weird with paradoxes then I’d recommend this book. I will definitely be reading future works by this author.
September 4, 2016
Yesterday Makers by Russell Knightly
I have to give this short and quite marvellous time travel tale a big 5 stars, it had be thinking and brought back my dwindling quest for answers.
The story is told from a variety of copies, of people, we never really know who is a copy and who is real, the characters come and go and some are very short lived.
I admit at times I was confused and had to re-read and re-read sections, but isn’t that what time travelling would be about, confusion and repeat. The main ‘evil’ character was a bit of a let-down and seamed to get her comeuppance too quickly, but this is a novella and as such I forgive this.
Overall, the small negatives were overcome by the big picture and view of time and us.
Give it a read, you’ll enjoy it and you’ll think.
July 9, 2017
I am a big sci-fi fan, but...
Science fiction is often criticized because it has little character development, which is a fair criticism.
Yesterday Makers, a novel of time travel, aritificial intelligence, and end-of-the-world stuff has zero character development.
Characters are given a minimal introduction, then disappear with minimal understandable reasoning, obviously just to advance the plot.
And how the plot does advance! Twists and turns abound, so many it makes the storyline a bit difficult to follow if you don't pay attention.
In the hands of a more experienced writer, or even a more experienced editor, this might have been a thoughtful story that raises important questions about humanity.
As it is, it is a mishmash of interesting ideas, but not worth your time.
Science fiction is often criticized because it has little character development, which is a fair criticism.
Yesterday Makers, a novel of time travel, aritificial intelligence, and end-of-the-world stuff has zero character development.
Characters are given a minimal introduction, then disappear with minimal understandable reasoning, obviously just to advance the plot.
And how the plot does advance! Twists and turns abound, so many it makes the storyline a bit difficult to follow if you don't pay attention.
In the hands of a more experienced writer, or even a more experienced editor, this might have been a thoughtful story that raises important questions about humanity.
As it is, it is a mishmash of interesting ideas, but not worth your time.
August 6, 2020
Alice thru the mirror!
A mind bender! You will reconsider your own reality after reading this. In addition to its philosophy it is a very tactile story, emphasising scents, tastes and feelings such as the Sun's warmth or sea breezes.
A mind bender! You will reconsider your own reality after reading this. In addition to its philosophy it is a very tactile story, emphasising scents, tastes and feelings such as the Sun's warmth or sea breezes.
August 9, 2017
Amazing twists in a totally riveting story.
Thrilled to know that the author's book Time Aerials wasn't a one-off gem of a read! He has a remarkable imagination and the intelligence and aptitude to transfer that into what is an enthralling, captivating read.
This was a thoroughly intriguing story playing around with time travel and bubble universes and by the end of the tale one finds oneself questioning the universe in which we now exist.
Unusual characters, intriguing premise, very thought provoking and an extremely satisfying, if somewhat unsettling, read.
This author delights in twisting one's thoughts into a pile of very tangled spaghetti. Or maybe that's just me!
Highly recommended!
Thrilled to know that the author's book Time Aerials wasn't a one-off gem of a read! He has a remarkable imagination and the intelligence and aptitude to transfer that into what is an enthralling, captivating read.
This was a thoroughly intriguing story playing around with time travel and bubble universes and by the end of the tale one finds oneself questioning the universe in which we now exist.
Unusual characters, intriguing premise, very thought provoking and an extremely satisfying, if somewhat unsettling, read.
This author delights in twisting one's thoughts into a pile of very tangled spaghetti. Or maybe that's just me!
Highly recommended!
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