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Old 20th September 2006, 10:59 AM   #21 (permalink)
zorcarepublic
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Re: Doctor Who paradox *spoilers*

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Originally Posted by Dave
Go ahead! I'm quite open to suggestions for further reading, especially if they will prove your case!

For you own further study, may I suggest:

The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
The Science of Doctor Who by Paul Parsons
The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss
Is Data Human? The Metaphysics of Star Trek by Richard Hanley
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The Technicolour Time Machine by Harry Harrison
The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury
Up the Line by Robert Silverberg
The Flight of the Horse, There's a Wolf in my Time Machine & Death in a Cage by Larry Niven
The Time Machine by HG Wells
Timeline by Michael Crichton
By His Bootstraps, The Number of the Beast & The Door into Summer by Robert A Heinlein
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson
Slaughter-House-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Secret Shelter by Sandi LeFaucheur
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Timescape by Gregory Benford
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
The Man in the High Castle & Time Out of Joint by Philip K Dick

I'm currently reading Time Out of Joint.
Well, at least I've got some reading to do.

I heard of the premise of The Man who Folded Himself. Its where a man becomes his own father, mother and mentor. I read the premise in Michio Kaku's Hyperspace which is also a good read.

The main thing I think can be said about time travel--it aint easy to understand.

Regarding Hawkings books, do you think there is such a thing as a built-in 'policeman' in order to prevent time travel? It would certainly be a bit of a problem for those of us who'd like to murder their grandfather, wouldn't it?
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