Time Is Dangerous: Difference between revisions

== [[Literature]] ==

* In one of [[Larry Niven]]'s ''Gil "The ARM"'' stories, the time compressor invention was used to hide a murder. First, a witness was murdered in an impossible way - his head burnt to ash. Then another witness ''lost her arm'' poking the compressor, as she stuck her arm into an area where time moved faster - and deprived it of blood for several minutes. In the final arrest, the murderer was stuck inside the bubble and the cop was outside holding on to him by his legs. Unfortunately, the compression of time affected the killer in such a way that he died by thirst. Yes, the cop literally held the killer till he died of thirst.

** The effects of double time compression (One inside another) were discussed, and one of effects is that light speed inside the time compression sphere would be just a few feet per second. It means if a punch was thrown, the arm would get shorter!

* In ''[[Time Ships]]'', the time traveling jeep was blown to pieces by intersection with a reverse growing tree while they were traveling backwards with expiring fuel. Lucky, the time travelers survived.

* In one ''[[Outer Limits]]'' episode, the result of [[Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory]] is that an entirely new lifetime's worth of memories gets added onto the existing one, which could result in brain damage.

** Another episode had a time traveller end up a few days in the future to see his wife dying from a gunshot wound. He goes back and tries to prevent it. However, the side effect of the trip is physical and mental degradation. By the end, his wife has had enough and decides to leave him. In a deranged state, he ends up shooting her. Seems to be a case of [[You Have Already Changed The Past]], doesn't it? Then the episode does a 180 on this idea and has the guy go back to the night he first met his wife and shoot his younger self, himself turning to dust. Of course, the worst part is that she was planning on killing herself that day.

* ''[[Sanctuary]]'': A time bubble allows people to enter, but violently destroys anything attempting to leave. Time inside the bubble runs six years to each day outside, resulting in three-year periods of no sunlight. Naturally, this is not good for a self-contained ecosystem. Furthermore, if the bubble had expanded too far, the time differential between the different parts of the Earth would have destroyed the planet. {{spoiler|Will and Magnus manage to reverse it, but at the cost of [[Ret-Gone|ret-goning]] everyone born inside the bubble.}}

* ''[[Sapphire and Steel]]'': Time is outside the (metaphorical) safe corridor in which human life and history exist, and it is constantly trying to exploit weak spots in the corridor walls and break in. This, when it happens, is not a good thing. Time is the ''enemy''.

* In [http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/09/02 this] ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'', the dangers of using a [[Bamboo Technology|cardboard time machine]] are discussed.

{{quote|'''Hobbes:''' Why do we have to wear goggles?

'''Hobbes:''' Gosh, I think my goggles are in the bedroom. If I'm not back in a couple minutes, you can go without me. }}