Has there ever been a time travel SciFi story where the premise is that time travel is imprecise, and you can't control the EXACT time you go back to, there's a "margin of error" for when you arrive?

posted 3 months ago

Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]@hexbear.net

IDK thought that’d be a cool concept, like some guy is trying to change the past, but he can’t get to the exact date he needs to, and so has to overshoot to ensure he doesn’t pass it and has to deal with whatever time he shows up in.

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invo_rt [he/him]@hexbear.net

2 points

3 months ago

Solid ranking. 6 is my personal favorite at well, but I’m incredibly biased because I think the Excelsior is peak starship design.

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