Different types of “Time Travel” books
There are six basics types of time travel books. Obviously each is different, but that is story, that is plot. They fall into one of the following categories
- Old to Modern (Encino Man, Kate and Leopold)
- Modern to Old (Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court)
- Modern to Future (Time Machine, Back to the Future)
- Future to Modern (Time travelers Wife, Millennium)
- Future to Old (Ancient Visitor’s delivering knowledge to set humans on the path of civilization)
- Old to Future (Think Caveman on a space ship)
There are many sub-categories. Each Sub Category can be used in any type.
- Juxtaposition – Unsophisticated man in a sophisticated setting or vice versa (fish out of water)
- Change – Changing an environment by outside actions.
- Observation – Seeing a world through new eyes
- Paradox – Self fulfilling prophesy
When you add Genre such as Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, etc., You can see the endless possibilities.
Basically, each story is setting different values, different rule sets, into conflict with each other. It is this conflict that allows us to explore the meaning of our world. To compare and contrast and ultimately to judge.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Ideas for a Story
- THEIR’s NOW - Indestructible Aliens land and take over a small NW timber town along with the rest of the world. A bunch of kids escape to the woods and must learn to work together to survive. The Outcast must learn to lead the popular kids in taking care of the weaker while taking on the menace from the stars. (Red Dawn meets Predator)
- DEMON’s NIGHTMARE - Michael and Lucifer must battle once again for the earth’s very soul. Unfortunately, Michael is more interested in partying than in preparing for battle. To top it off, he has chosen bad boy Landon Marshall to help him. Landon refuses to follow orders and is determined to fight god every step of the way. Thankfully Ms. Ann Tudor is there to keep him on the straight and narrow and lead him in a quest for the weapons Michael will need.
- THE RELUCTANT DUKE - Set in Regency England. A wounded soldier returning from Waterloo is unexpectedly promoted to Duke, his derelict household is being taken care of by a mysterious twenty three year old house keeper with more secrets than Napoleon. He doesn’t want the title, she can’t live without the job and the hiding place it offers. How do these two people face the realities of their new environment? Can they flaunt society’s rules and establish their own.
- WARRIOR SCHOOL – In a dystopian future the Warrior School is Jason’s only way out of the fields and to a higher status. Everything is against his being accepted into the school, let alone graduating. He risks all to help two other young people escape the enclave and travel across the wilderness of the ancients.
- ANGEL’s PREY – What happens when a man meets an Angel that turns out to be a real Angel. She’s on the run from a false charge of heresy and god refuses to get involved in her case. She’s free game to the devil and his demons. Anything goes. What does it do to a man’s ego when his girl friend is faster, stronger, more deadly than he is?
- WORTH SAVING - Kris Robertson must learn how to be with other people. Five years after the plague he has come to the abandoned city to find others like him, human and alone. He is forced to create a family of the disposed who help him build a paradise on the roof tops. Of course, Others want what he has and are willing to kill to take it. (Swiss Family Robinson meets Lord of the Flies)
- WORTH FIGHTING FOR – Hector’s Story – Twelve years after Worth Saving, Hector travels in search of answers, Why did the plague happen, why did some survive and not others, what will they do if it comes back. Hector wanders the land alone in permanent search for answers but becomes dejected and a hard bitter man. His world is saved and given meaning when he is forced to rescue Meagan and her brother. Hector must decide whether to stop searching and learn to accept the answers in front of him.
- THEIR’s NOW - Indestructible Aliens land and take over a small NW timber town along with the rest of the world. A bunch of kids escape to the woods and must learn to work together to survive. The Outcast must learn to lead the popular kids in taking care of the weaker while taking on the menace from the stars. (Red Dawn meets Predator)
- DEMON’s NIGHTMARE - Michael and Lucifer must battle once again for the earth’s very soul. Unfortunately, Michael is more interested in partying than in preparing for battle. To top it off, he has chosen bad boy Landon Marshall to help him. Landon refuses to follow orders and is determined to fight god every step of the way. Thankfully Ms. Ann Tudor is there to keep him on the straight and narrow and lead him in a quest for the weapons Michael will need.
- THE RELUCTANT DUKE - Set in Regency England. A wounded soldier returning from Waterloo is unexpectedly promoted to Duke, his derelict household is being taken care of by a mysterious twenty three year old house keeper with more secrets than Napoleon. He doesn’t want the title, she can’t live without the job and the hiding place it offers. How do these two people face the realities of their new environment? Can they flaunt society’s rules and establish their own.
- WARRIOR SCHOOL – In a dystopian future the Warrior School is Jason’s only way out of the fields and to a higher status. Everything is against his being accepted into the school, let alone graduating. He risks all to help two other young people escape the enclave and travel across the wilderness of the ancients.
- ANGEL’s PREY – What happens when a man meets an Angel that turns out to be a real Angel. She’s on the run from a false charge of heresy and god refuses to get involved in her case. She’s free game to the devil and his demons. Anything goes. What does it do to a man’s ego when his girl friend is faster, stronger, more deadly than he is?
- WORTH SAVING - Kris Robertson must learn how to be with other people. Five years after the plague he has come to the abandoned city to find others like him, human and alone. He is forced to create a family of the disposed who help him build a paradise on the roof tops. Of course, Others want what he has and are willing to kill to take it. (Swiss Family Robinson meets Lord of the Flies)
- WORTH FIGHTING FOR – Hector’s Story – Twelve years after Worth Saving, Hector travels in search of answers, Why did the plague happen, why did some survive and not others, what will they do if it comes back. Hector wanders the land alone in permanent search for answers but becomes dejected and a hard bitter man. His world is saved and given meaning when he is forced to rescue Meagan and her brother. Hector must decide whether to stop searching and learn to accept the answers in front of him.
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