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.
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