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marcopolo63

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7. The Google AI provided this...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 01:27 PM
Thursday

- "The Seesaw" by A.E. van Vogt: The protagonist travels further and further into the past and future, eventually causing the Big Bang by releasing accumulated temporal energy, placing him outside normal space-time.

- Doctor Who (The TARDIS): The TARDIS is designed to travel through both time and space simultaneously. While it often lands on Earth, it frequently lands in deep space or on alien planets throughout the series.

- "The Star Diaries" by Stanislaw Lem: The main character, Ijon Tichy, travels in a "chronocycle" and frequently crashes into objects because his calculations fail to account for where Earth was previously located in space.

- Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005): Two brothers find a board game that transports their house directly into outer space.

- Time Trap (2017): A group of students exploring a cave experience time dilation, where they find themselves in a drastically different, futuristic setting that is isolated from the rest of the world.

- Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Spider Robinson): A short story features a character who nearly asphyxiates because a time jump miscalculation leaves her floating in Earth's orbit.

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In one of the St. Mary's books Max and Eddy leave 18th century London in a hurry end up at the beginning of time. Srkdqltr Thursday #1
Got any more details? Goonch Thursday #2
Well, I read it ages ago, so it had to have been written as early as mid 20th century. raccoon Thursday #3
I mean details in the story Goonch Thursday #4
Sorry, I can't remember. THanks. raccoon Thursday #5
Not to beat a dead horse but: Was the main character male or female ..... Goonch Thursday #6
It was a man, a short story in a collection of short stories. raccoon Thursday #9
How about.... Goonch Thursday #11
Goonch, where did you get that quote? I've looked at a number of web pages about that story, and highplainsdem Thursday #12
That might've been it fits all the criteria. raccoon Thursday #13
Raccoon, that's the same title and author I gave you earlier, with links to 4 web pages about it. But the highplainsdem Thursday #14
You're right. It was. raccoon Friday #16
Goonch, I really would appreciate your explaining where you got that quote. If it's from a website, highplainsdem Thursday #15
You're right. AI confessed.....your point is well taken! Goonch Friday #17
Thank you, so much, for explaining what happened! I thought it could be a chatbot, but without highplainsdem Friday #19
You may quote my posts in context if you also quote entirely my following inquiry to and responce from Google AI Goonch Friday #20
I'm just going to summarize what happened, because with that long message you just posted from that highplainsdem Friday #21
Had to ask ;-{) Goonch Friday #23
Thanks! It can be hard to keep track of all the various AI and chatbot models. highplainsdem Friday #24
Here's the link to my OP in General Discussion: highplainsdem Friday #22
The Google AI provided this... marcopolo63 Thursday #7
I'm pretty sure drmeow Saturday #25
Possibly Neal Shusterman's "Same Time Next Year" - though the time travel is to the future: highplainsdem Thursday #8
Thank you all! raccoon Thursday #10
highplainsdem is correct. AI fabricated Goonch Friday #18
I don't know that one, but... pandr32 Saturday #26
What about the book by Jack Finney? About time kimbutgar Saturday #27
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