Speaking of time travel, what's your favorite time travel story?

[skygazer]

Books or movies.

For movies, I think I'd pick 12 Monkeys.

For books, I really loved Time and Again by Jack Finney. The way he used old photos of NYC throughout the book was fun.

[MorningGlow]

1. Cheese-o-rama

12 Monkeys--great. Time and Again--highly enjoyable. But when I'm in the mood for a little cheese, I have to go with Somewhere in Time. Ahhhh cheeeeeessse! Time After Time--H.G. Welles/Jack the Ripper saga comes in a close second.

[skygazer]

5. Time After Time was fun

Clever little story.

[InvisibleTouch]

2. The one that comes to mind is...

...Classic Trek's "All Our Yesterdays," and the novels it inspired, "Yesterday's Son" and its sequel, which I believe was called "Time for Yesterday." In general, Star Trek in all its incarnations had some pretty good time travel tales.

[skygazer]

7. Yeah, Trek always had some fun time travel stories

"All Our Yesterdays" is definitely a favorite. I love the way Kirk explaines Spocks ears by turning him into a Chinese man who had a "rice picker accident." :rofl:

[wickerwoman]

26. Or "Little Green Men" on DS9.

Quark and the other Ferengi go back in time and become the Roswell aliens. It's hilarious.

[InvisibleTouch]

35. I missed that one.

I gave up on DS9 at some point, but this sounds like an episode I should seek out. I always enjoyed Quark and the Ferengi.

[Deja Q]

32. Trek TOS had the best time travel stories. E.g. "Assignment: Earth"

It knew when to take itself seriously and when to crack a joke.

Later incarnations camp it up and/or invent 50,000 new ways to time travel... though cause-of-time-travel-reason-number-28005 as seen in "Little Green Men" aside, "Little Green Men" is actually quite good.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Time and Again, yes!

Jack Finney has actually thought through some of the problems that a modern person would have in adjusting to the culture of the nineteenth century and the ways he would find it attractive, although he seems to gloss over some of the disadvantages of those days.

And the ending...! It may take you a second or two to realize what has happened.

[skygazer]

8. I love history anyway

And I love NYC and always loved the Dakota which is a neat old building. New York in general has some really cool old architecture and the way Finney makes the city a character in the story is really wonderful.

I love the ending and you're right - you kind of think, "Hey, what just happened?"

[Vidar]

4. Frequency.

[skygazer]

9. Never seen it

And didn't even know what it was about. I'll have to check it out.

[Omphaloskepsis]

13. Is that the movie where....

A son talks to his father in the past on a HAM radio? The father is a firefighter?

[Vidar]

27. Yes, I've seen it about 5 times odd hours on TV. Just a very sweet

movie that makes you want to believe.

[hfojvt]

6. I've never seen 12 Monkeys

I suppose "Back to the Future" for a movie, barely beating out ST IV.
and for books
Corridors of Time - Poul Anderson
Time and Again - Clifford Simak
There will be time - Poul Anderson
Lightning - Dean Koontz

[skygazer]

10. I liked the first Back To the Future

It was really cute and fun, I thought. And I love Trek - IV is a favorite, for sure.

12 Monkeys is a very cool movie (IMO). Complex and imaginative. If you like time travel stories, you should check it out (Terry Gilliam directed it and did a great job).

[ghostsofgiants]

54. You're missing out, 12 Monkeys is great.

[Omphaloskepsis]

11. Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy

http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Backward-Edward-Bellamy/dp/155709506X/sr=8-2/qid=1167096135/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-9857925-3657605?ie=UTF8&s=books

[hfojvt]

16. ooh, good pick

that and Morris' "News from Nowhere" but neither of those are primarily "time travel" stories.

I would not get it from Amazon. It used to be available from Dover books for $2.5.

[hfojvt]

18. TANJ! $3, but unavailable

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486290387.html

this one is in stock though, and they also carry Thornton Burgess
they've got alot of neat titles.
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486290360.html

[skygazer]

19. That sounds good

Cool, getting lots of ideas for viewing and reading here.

[BrotherBuzz]

12. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill: How'd it go?
Ted: Bad. Our historical figures are all locked up and my dad won't let them out.
Bill: Can we get your dad's keys?
Ted: Could steal them but he lost them two days ago.
Bill: If only we could go back in time to when he had them and steal them then.
Ted: Well, why can't we?
Bill: Cause we don't got time.
Ted: We could do it after the report.
Bill: Ted, good thinking dude. After the report we'll time travel back to two days ago, steal your dad's keys, and leave them here.
Ted: Where?
Bill: I don't know. How about behind that sign? That way when we get here now, they'll be waiting for us. (bends down and picks up the keys) See?
Ted: Whoa! Yeah! So after the report we can't forget to do this, or else it won't happen. But it did happen! Hey, it was me who stole my dad's keys!
Bill: Exactly, Ted. Come on. (goes over to the car) Mom?
Missy: Yes?
Bill: Can you please bring the car around back?
Missy: Sure.
Bill: (stands up) Come on, Ted. We've got some historical figures to rescue.

[TOhioLiberal]

17. One of my guilty pleasures...

...is watching that movie. I get goose bumps when they introduce Abraham Lincoln.

[BrotherBuzz]

20. Despite all the bashing, it's actually a very good film on many levels.

I especially liked the key scene. I all but had an epiphany with that scene because it explained all I needed to know about time travel; "It can happen today because tomorrow we'll correct it yesterday". Time is circular with a time machine and the possibilities are infinite.

:crazy:

[ghostsofgiants]

53. Hahaha, classic!

[LeftyMom]

14. Star Trek IV nt

[Chichiri]

15. "Pastwatch" by Orson Scott Card

A very effective novel from a novelist the remainder of whose bibliography, with the exception of Ender's Game, is crap.

[mainegreen]

40. I agree with your post 100% completely

:thumbsup:

[mzteris]

42. if you really think about it

Ender's Game is crap, too.

Ender's a pacifist so he beats the living sh*t out of people. Right.

It appeals to that sad part of us that wants to "justify" violence. The - "I'm not REALLY violent - but but but - he MADE me do it!" kind of thinking.


The man is a complete whackjob.

[Chichiri]

46. Good point, but let's face it . . .

Ender's Game is just so damn much fun to read. Sigh.

[Orsino]

21. Dr. Who and the Curse of Fatal Death

The Dr. Who charity spoof.

"I bribed the architect first."

[dropkickpa]

22. I like the Robert Aspirin Time Scout books n/t

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

23. "Slaughterhouse 5"

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

[shanti]

24. somewhere in time

the movie

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. Back to the Future, The Time Machine (not the crappy remake), Planet of the Apes (ditto)...

...and some others I certainly forgot.

[bertha katzenengel]

28. Somewhere In Time

I only saw it once, but once was enough. I have always loved Christopher Reeve.

[billyskank]

29. Back To The Future. Neither of the sequels, just the original

That movie is 100% fun.

[NewJeffCT]

37. Yes, the original was a lot of fun

My brother & I still use that stupid line from Biff: "Why don't you make like a tree - and get out of here!" (Yes, we know it's make like a tree and leave)

The cast was excellent in that movie with Christopher Lloyd & Crispin Glover leading the way.

[Arkham House]

30. People--Robert A Heinlein wrote the definitive time travel stories--

--like he did every other SF topic...story: "--All You Zombies"; novellette: "By His Bootstraps", which still says everything there is to be said about the subject, though it was written in 1941; novel: "The Door Into Summer", but "Time Enough For Love" also bears reading in this regard, though time travel is only one of its themes... You're welcome.

[terrya]

31. "The Time Traveler's Wife"

One of the most gorgeously romantic novels ever written. Just beautiful.

[RetroLounge]

34. I agree...

Great concept, great story, totally heart-rendingly romantic...

I managed to find an autographed hardcover of this in a used book store a while back.

RL

[spinbaby]

36. Agreed

One of the greatest new books I've read lately. I recommend it to everyone.

[Connonym]

49. Loved that one too n/t

[YankeyMCC]

33. Eternity by Asimov

Or maybe "Downtiming the Nightside" by Chalker (but I should re-read that one, Chalker is a bit of a embarrassed sentimental favorite of mine. I recognize his faults now but his books were an early intro to reading for me.)

Kage Baker's Company stories are good too.

[gatorboy]

38. Toss up between Star Trek IV, Primer and Donnie Darko.

[bikebloke]

39. The Time Tunnel

The old teevee series. I liked it as a kid in black & white through a rabbit ear antenna. And now on DVD in color, it looks great.

[Lochloosa]

41. Teminator...."I'll be back"

[ironflange]

43. Stanislaw Lem, "Tales of Pirx the Pilot"

In one story, Pirx gets caught in some kind of time vortex. Very cleverly handled scene where he is interacting with himself.

[Xipe Totec]

44. James P. Hogan - Thrice Upon a Time

Where Sci Fi met sappy sentimental.

Great story; won't spoil it. Highly recommend it.

[Dukkha]

45. The Final Countdown

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and potentially can stop the attack and advert the US entry into WWII. Stars Kirk Douglas & Martin Sheen.

[Twillig]

47. A Japenese submarine sinking the Nimitz was quite suprising!

I didn't see that coming!

:evilgrin:

[Kat45]

50. That was an excellent movie.

I loved that one.

[ghostsofgiants]

55. ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKKs_vWJmVY

[Generic Brad]

48. How about "Quantum Leap"?

I know it was not a book or a movie. But for television, it was pretty good.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

51. Dr. Who, in its various iterations.

[Kat45]

52. I love time travel movies.

I'm not a big sci fi fan, but if it involves time travel, I'm there. I also enjoyed the time travel series that were on TV: Time Tunnel (when I was little), Quantum Leap, and Sliders (in its early years).

[ghostsofgiants]

56. 12 Monkeys, for sure. Donnie Darko comes to mind as well.

[chknltl]

57. The Saga of the Pliocene Exile by Julian May

In a distant future, the death penalty has been replaced with exile via a one way time travel trip to the Pliocene era of Earths distant past. The story follows a large group of revolutionaries sent there who, once arriving, discover that they are by no means alone. It so happens that there is a group of technically advanced aliens inhabiting the area, aliens who have crashed landed there and set up their own society in which the human exiles find themselves enslaved.

For any of you aficionados of "fps" or "rpg" style video games, I submit that this series, printed in the early '80s would make a fantastic source for a video game. (Any programmers out there seeing this?????)

[KT2000]

58. Donnie Darko n/t

[unsavedtrash]

59. A Wrinkle in Time n/t