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Don’t Morlocks Live in the Future?

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells – Published in 1895, this was not the first time travel story, but definitely a pioneering work in the genre. The protagonist known simply as the Time Traveller uses a vehicle to travel to … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Celebrities, Diana Wynne Jones, Humor, Magic, Monsters | Tagged eloi, eva ibbotson, h.g. wells, mac montandon, morlocks, olivia munn, suck it wonder woman, the abominables, the invisible man, the time machine, time travel, witch's business, witches, yeti |

What Will Haven Be

One thing I’ve seen noted about the future in Back to the Future Part II is that it more or less assumed certain trends would continue in the same way. Inflation was particularly bad in the 1980s, so there were … Continue reading →

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It’s a Little Secret, Just the Robinsons’ Affair

Meet the Robinsons – Disney’s forty-seventh animated feature focuses largely on time travel and the future, something I’m kind of surprised they hadn’t covered previously. After all, between Tomorrowland and Epcot, it was obviously one of Walt Disney’s primary interests. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Revisiting Disney, Technology, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a day with wilbur robinson, back to the future, bill and ted's excellent adventure, frosty the snowman, meet the robinsons, the time machine, time travel, walt disney, Wilbur Robinson, william joyce |

Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me

The theme of time travel is so prevalent in fiction and general speculation these days that it surprises me a little how recent it really is. I guess part of it is because the idea of time as something through … Continue reading →

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