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Now and Then We Time Travel: Visiting Pasts and Futures in Film and Television
More than 400 films and 150 television series have featured time travel--stories of rewriting history, lovers separated by centuries, journeys to the past or the (often dystopian) future. This book examines some of the roles time travel plays on screen in science fiction and fantasy.
Plot synopses and credits are listed for films and TV series from England, Canada, the UK and Japan, as well as for TV and films from elsewhere in the world. Tropes and plot elements are highlighted.
The author discusses philosophical questions about time travel, such as the logic of timelines, causality (what's to keep time-travelers from jumping back and correcting every mistake?) and morality (if you correct a mistake, are you still guilty of it?).
Plot synopses and credits are listed for films and TV series from England, Canada, the UK and Japan, as well as for TV and films from elsewhere in the world. Tropes and plot elements are highlighted.
The author discusses philosophical questions about time travel, such as the logic of timelines, causality (what's to keep time-travelers from jumping back and correcting every mistake?) and morality (if you correct a mistake, are you still guilty of it?).
280 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 6, 2017
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March 3, 2022
This book is an encyclopedia for time travel movies, which is awesome but sometimes it gets a little tiresome, as he likes to cite every little version of the same story sometimes. Still gave me a bunch of movies to put on my to do list and a lot to think about on the mechanics and reasons of time travel. Really good!
September 16, 2024
Time is too short to read bad books. Read good ones instead. I hope that's not a spoiler.
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