Questions tagged [the-end-of-eternity]
For questions about the Hugo Award-shortlisted 1955 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov. Use in conjunction with the [isaac-asimov] tag.
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Is this description of The End of Eternity correct in any translation
In this wikipedia article, the plot section describes the advertisement that provides the vital clue in this way:
Harlan finds that a magazine from 1932 has changed and now shows an
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Why was the fact of seeing himself so important in The End of Eternity?
In The End of Eternity from Asimov, the possibility and potential problems caused by seeing yourself are not that important (from my reading), but come up quite often.
It happens that one of the ...
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Is Asimov’s “The End of Eternity” time-changing model consistent?
When I think of Asimov I imagine the greatest sci-fi writer in history: Maybe this isn’t true, but I was very impressed by some of his ideas and I expect always to find great ones when I read his ...
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Did other writers adopt Asimov's concepts and terminology for changing time?
Summary: Did Asimov's time travel novel The End of Eternity influence other writers?
In 1954, Isaac Asimov took a rejected short story and turned it into the clever time travel novel The End of ...
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What's the nature of Eternity?
In the first part of "End of Eternity" it seems like Eternity is off in a separate plane of reality, disconnected from time. But then later it explains how each section was duplicated for each ...
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Why do some people include Nemesis and End of Eternity in the Foundation Universe?
I've been reading Isaac Asimov's Robot/Empire/Foundation series recently as I hadn't read all of the books Asimov wrote within the series (I've been reading them chronologically starting with The ...
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Where were the occupants of the Hidden Centuries in The End of Eternity?
In the End of Eternity by Asimov, the centuries above 70,000 do not appear occupied by humanity but are instead filled with duplicated infrastructure from previous centuries. However it is later ...
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