Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Dystopian visions: My Object All Sublime
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Would time travel necessarily be a good thing?

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Terry Freedman
Oct 25, 2024
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Time travel is a favourite theme of science fiction writers. I have often thought what a pity it is that time travel is unlikely to ever be possible. But perhaps we should be thankful for that…

We tend to fantasise about time travel as a way of changing the past, usually for the better. For example, what if someone could go back in time and kill Hitler, …

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