Det gäller att hålla tungan i rätt mun när man skriver om tidsresor. Har kommit ca hundra sidor in i 11/22/63 och har ibland svårt att hänga med i alla turer fram och tillbaka, hur krångligt måste det då inte ha varit att skriva det? Försöker hitta svaga punkter men är förmodligen inte smart nog (eller så läser jag bara för sent om kvällarna).
Tänker hur som helst på avsnittet i Big Bang Theory där Leonard irriterar sig på Sheldon angående den replika av tidsmaskinen från just filmen The Time Machine som de köpt.
Sheldon: Why'd you set it for the day before yesterday?
Leonard: Because I want to go back and keep myself from getting a time machine.
Sheldon: You can't. If you were to prevent yourself from buying it in the past, you would not have it available in the present – travel back and stop yourself from buying it, ergo you would still have it. This is a classic rookie time travel mistake.
Leonard: Can I go back and prevent you from explaining that to me?
Sheldon: Same paradox—if you were to travel back in time and, say, knock me unconscious, you would not then have the conversation that irritated you, motivating you to go back and knock me unconscious.
Leonard: What if I knocked you unconscious right now?
Leonard: Because I want to go back and keep myself from getting a time machine.
Sheldon: You can't. If you were to prevent yourself from buying it in the past, you would not have it available in the present – travel back and stop yourself from buying it, ergo you would still have it. This is a classic rookie time travel mistake.
Leonard: Can I go back and prevent you from explaining that to me?
Sheldon: Same paradox—if you were to travel back in time and, say, knock me unconscious, you would not then have the conversation that irritated you, motivating you to go back and knock me unconscious.
Leonard: What if I knocked you unconscious right now?
Sheldon <3
SvaraRaderaoch jo tidsresor är krångliga, kommer dock bara på Harry Potter och Tidsresinärens hustru men böcker där de förekommit. Måste ta reda på mer böcker. Finns säkert en lista för det på goodreads =)
Miriam: Sheldon är bäst :-)
SvaraRaderaMina kunskaper om tidsresor kommer mestadels från BBC's Doctor Who. Som du säger, man l ä s e r sällan om det. Eller, jag gör det inte så ofta hur som helst.