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Could it be Hindsight by Harry Turtledove? Published in 1984 in Analog magazine. Does your memory include a female time traveler, rock music, a dot-matrix printer, Apollo 13, and the Tet Offensive?

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The story, which takes place in Los Angeles in 1953, involves a science fiction author and a magazine editor who become suspicious of another author, Mark Gordian, who seems to be plagiarizing others work and writing eerily prescient fiction. Upon closer examination, it is revealed that Mark Gordian is actually Michelle Gordian, a time traveler from 1983 who has attempted to change her cynical future, dominated by the disappointments of Watergate and Vietnam.

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Her writing eventually drew the unwanted attention of Pete Lundquist, another science fiction author who was convinced that "Mark's" story, "Reactions" was plagiarized from an as-of-yet published Lundquist work. He and editor Jim McGregor headed for Gardena to confront Gordian. Both were surprised to learn that Gordian was a woman. However, Lundquist surprised Gordian when he deduced she was a time-traveler.

Could it be Hindsight by Harry Turtledove? Published in 1984 in Analog magazine. Does your memory include a female time traveler, rock music, a dot-matrix printer, Apollo 13, and the Tet Offensive?

From the wiki:

The story, which takes place in Los Angeles in 1953, involves a science fiction author and a magazine editor who become suspicious of another author, Mark Gordian, who seems to be plagiarizing others work and writing eerily prescient fiction. Upon closer examination, it is revealed that Mark Gordian is actually Michelle Gordian, a time traveler from 1983 who has attempted to change her cynical future, dominated by the disappointments of Watergate and Vietnam.

Her writing eventually drew the unwanted attention of Pete Lundquist, another science fiction author who was convinced that "Mark's" story, "Reactions" was plagiarized from an as-of-yet published Lundquist work. He and editor Jim McGregor headed for Gardena to confront Gordian. Both were surprised to learn that Gordian was a woman. However, Lundquist surprised Gordian when he deduced she was a time-traveler.

Could it be Hindsight by Harry Turtledove? Published in 1984 in Analog magazine. Does your memory include a female time traveler, rock music, a dot-matrix printer, Apollo 13, and the Tet Offensive?

From the wiki:

The story, which takes place in Los Angeles in 1953, involves a science fiction author and a magazine editor who become suspicious of another author, Mark Gordian, who seems to be plagiarizing others work and writing eerily prescient fiction. Upon closer examination, it is revealed that Mark Gordian is actually Michelle Gordian, a time traveler from 1983 who has attempted to change her cynical future, dominated by the disappointments of Watergate and Vietnam.

Also from the wiki:

Her writing eventually drew the unwanted attention of Pete Lundquist, another science fiction author who was convinced that "Mark's" story, "Reactions" was plagiarized from an as-of-yet published Lundquist work. He and editor Jim McGregor headed for Gardena to confront Gordian. Both were surprised to learn that Gordian was a woman. However, Lundquist surprised Gordian when he deduced she was a time-traveler.

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Dosco Jones
Dosco Jones
  • 17k
  • 3
  • 77
  • 108

Could it be Hindsight by Harry Turtledove? Published in 1984 in Analog magazine. Does your memory include a female time traveler, rock music, a dot-matrix printer, Apollo 13, and the Tet Offensive?

From the wiki:

The story, which takes place in Los Angeles in 1953, involves a science fiction author and a magazine editor who become suspicious of another author, Mark Gordian, who seems to be plagiarizing others work and writing eerily prescient fiction. Upon closer examination, it is revealed that Mark Gordian is actually Michelle Gordian, a time traveler from 1983 who has attempted to change her cynical future, dominated by the disappointments of Watergate and Vietnam.

Her writing eventually drew the unwanted attention of Pete Lundquist, another science fiction author who was convinced that "Mark's" story, "Reactions" was plagiarized from an as-of-yet published Lundquist work. He and editor Jim McGregor headed for Gardena to confront Gordian. Both were surprised to learn that Gordian was a woman. However, Lundquist surprised Gordian when he deduced she was a time-traveler.