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Time Loop
Dr. Augustus Sturm was one of only twelve survivors of The War. A dozen scientists, buried in a deep bunker in the Antarctic icecap, frantically trying to perfect a time machine, so they could go back in time to their recent history, to change the disastrous course that led to the death of their civilization. To the death of the human race. They failed. Oh, the time machine worked. But changing history has turned out to be more complicated than they’d realized. Haven’t got it right, yet.
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137 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 20, 2017
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August 15, 2017
I obtained this book through the Kindle Unlimited program.
Papa Pat Rambles contains additional material, including the lyrics to the song. At least, part of it. I believe it's worth the click to read it.
http://habakkuk21.blogspot.com/2017/0...
Despite the plot and the super-hero names, "Time Loop" has nothing to do with a comic book series.
Semi-Mad Scientist Dr. Sturm shows up in a time machine, nestled into the airframe of a space shuttle, and attempts to stop the Earth from being destroyed. However, no matter how many times he kills off the people who appear to have the most to do with the destruction, when the clock rolls around to 2200 AD, everybody dies.
More or less by accident, he accumulates a crew. They replace the originals, who were also Semi-Mad Scientists who started the program of destruction deferral with him.
Interesting concept: Since the purpose of the travel is to have an effect on Earth, It is convenient to have the Earth be in roughly the same place, every time the ship makes a jump. This means it's a lot easier, and presumably more energy efficient, to catch up with the Earth at the same point in its' orbit around the sun. (The movement of the sun through the galaxy and the galaxy through the universe are mentioned as well, but they aren't really plot points.) That means that it's relatively easy to go from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 1950, for example, but not so easy to go from January 1 to July 1. Different positions in the orbit, right?
Here's how to deal with the Grandfather Paradox: HA HA HA HA HA! NOT TELLING!
Get this one, you won't regret it!
Papa Pat Rambles contains additional material, including the lyrics to the song. At least, part of it. I believe it's worth the click to read it.
http://habakkuk21.blogspot.com/2017/0...
Despite the plot and the super-hero names, "Time Loop" has nothing to do with a comic book series.
Semi-Mad Scientist Dr. Sturm shows up in a time machine, nestled into the airframe of a space shuttle, and attempts to stop the Earth from being destroyed. However, no matter how many times he kills off the people who appear to have the most to do with the destruction, when the clock rolls around to 2200 AD, everybody dies.
More or less by accident, he accumulates a crew. They replace the originals, who were also Semi-Mad Scientists who started the program of destruction deferral with him.
Interesting concept: Since the purpose of the travel is to have an effect on Earth, It is convenient to have the Earth be in roughly the same place, every time the ship makes a jump. This means it's a lot easier, and presumably more energy efficient, to catch up with the Earth at the same point in its' orbit around the sun. (The movement of the sun through the galaxy and the galaxy through the universe are mentioned as well, but they aren't really plot points.) That means that it's relatively easy to go from January 1, 2010, to January 1, 1950, for example, but not so easy to go from January 1 to July 1. Different positions in the orbit, right?
Here's how to deal with the Grandfather Paradox: HA HA HA HA HA! NOT TELLING!
Get this one, you won't regret it!
July 28, 2017
Time Will Never Be the Same
The last man on Earth is in a time machine and is trying to save the world. Only it never works out the way that he wants it to. Along the way, against his better judgment he picks up a few strays who insist on helping. The result is a fun read that deals with time travel and paradoxes while only the characters get a headache, not the reader.
While the author's "Wine of the Gods" series seems to be coming to a close this book shows that she can write well outside of that framework and that we can look forward to new stories in new settings from her.
The last man on Earth is in a time machine and is trying to save the world. Only it never works out the way that he wants it to. Along the way, against his better judgment he picks up a few strays who insist on helping. The result is a fun read that deals with time travel and paradoxes while only the characters get a headache, not the reader.
While the author's "Wine of the Gods" series seems to be coming to a close this book shows that she can write well outside of that framework and that we can look forward to new stories in new settings from her.
July 31, 2017
I don't normally like time travel books, but did like this one. On Kindle Unlimited, and well worth the read.
May 5, 2026
A little to verbose. But overall clastic Pam.
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