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''The End of Eternity'' is a science fiction book by [[Isaac Asimov]].

The story is set in a world where [[Time Travel~~|time travel~~]] is highly sophisticated. A group of people known as [[The Men in Black|Eternals]] reside in a space outside of our normal reality, but linked to it via vehicles called Kettles. They recruit people from the normal timeline, and control the period from about the 25th Century to the 70,000th Century. Within this period, they are constantly making Reality Changes, which are used [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|to erase wars and technological advances deemed contrary to the human race]]. One of the main themes is that space-travel, a staple in Asimov's other science fiction works, has been repeatedly stomped out in order to preserve the status quo and keep mankind on Earth (not out of sheer malice - but because advances in space travel always seem to coincide with increased drug use, crime etc, so these advances are undone "for the greater good".).

The story is set in a world where [[Time Travel]] is highly sophisticated. A group of people known as [[The Men in Black|Eternals]] reside in a space outside of our normal reality, but linked to it via vehicles called Kettles. They recruit people from the normal timeline, and control the period from about the 25th Century to the 70,000th Century. Within this period, they are constantly making Reality Changes, which are used [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|to erase wars and technological advances deemed contrary to the human race]]. One of the main themes is that space-travel, a staple in Asimov's other science fiction works, has been repeatedly stomped out in order to preserve the status quo and keep mankind on Earth (not out of sheer malice - but because advances in space travel always seem to coincide with increased drug use, crime etc, so these advances are undone "for the greater good".).

Eternals are comprised of several groups - Sociologists, Technicians, Life-Plotters and Computers<ref>"Computer" in this novel has its original meaning, "person employed to do computations". Electronic devices built to do computations are called Summators or computaplexes.</ref> are mentioned, in addition, there are also Maintenance people. Sociologists accumulate data and analyze it for possible Reality Changes. Computers narrow down when and where the Reality Change takes place, and the Technicians pinpoint and make the Reality Changes themselves. Because of this, Technicians are highly revered, yet feared. They are also supposed to suppress all emotion because of the nature of their job, and thus rarely find love.

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* [[The Time Traveller's Dilemma]]: The whole point of the book.

* [[Title Drop]]

* [[We Will Not Have Appendixes in ~~The~~ Future]]: This is actually a plot point.

* [[We Will Not Have Appendixes in the Future]]: This is actually a plot point.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: As is probably implied by the amount of spoiler tags on this page, the twist ending is one hell of a twist ending.

* [[You Will Be Beethoven]]: Tied to the invention of the time machine.