Several of these sites have garnered interest from readers. I would very much like to hear your opinions, as well as what brought you to these.
This is a sub-index page of the Index to the Writings of Mark Joseph Young, which cover many areas of thought and life, including, law, bible, rpg's, time travel, fiction, and many other subjects.
About the Author of the Temporal Anomalies Site: This flyleaf biography gives links to major pages and a bit of my resume.
Addendum to the Twelve Monkeys Temporal Anomalies: A reader of the Temporal Anomalies site raised a question regarding the treatment of the Twelve Monkeys story, which was worth answering on the web. It discusses the problems with the single time line theory in terms of causality and fatalism.
Correspondence on Temporal Anomalies Theories: Thoroughly revamped, this index to the electronic mail posted on the site gives date, correspondent, and a brief synopsis summarizing the discussion included.
The Current Science of Time Travel: This cursory look at the theoretical possibility that time travel might be achieved through wormholes also addresses the metaphysical concepts of the consequences of changing the past, looking at the flaws in the two principle theories and alleged proofs thereof, and pointing to an alternative.
Fourth Response to Chuck Buckley's Time Travel Problem: The last of a series of contributions to Chuck Buckley's site discusses problems with the multi-universe theory and whether drastic changes in the past are of necessity noticeable in the past. This was the fourth contribution, shown on his site originally, and later copied to mine.
The Perpetual Barbecue: This short story originally published in The RPG Review e-zine plays with time travel and the theories developed originally in the Multiverser role playing game. It has been reprinted on the award-winning Temporal Anomalies site.
A Primer on Time: Temporal anomalies and sci-fi fans have wanted the page, which explains the basics of my theory on the effects of time travel on time.
Problems with Time in Frequency: A movie with no time travel in it which manages to create temporal problems anyway, this page explains how sending information into the past can upset time.
Question on the Discussion of Terminator: A reader of the Terminator page suggested that the reconstructed original time line could not be proved. This addendum defends my use of the word "certain" by discussing my use of the word "original".
Response to Chuck Buckley's Time Travel Problem: Chuck Buckley signed the guestbook on the Temporal Anomalies site, and invited me to contribute to his time travel pages. This was the first of several contributions, shown on his site originally, and later copied to mine, examining the problem he posed.
Second Response to Chuck Buckley's Time Travel Problem: After I wrote a solution to Chuck Buckley's puzzle, he raised quite a few points, and I answered them again. This was the second contribution, shown on his site originally, and later copied to mine.
Temporal Anomalies in Army of Darkness: In this sequel to The Evil Dead 2, the hero is propelled into the past, later to return to his own time. The effects this would have on the time line are discussed in some detail, with limited reference to the previous films.
Temporal Anomalies in Back to the Future 1: The first of the three parts of this popular sci-fi action comedy is studied in terms of the original timeline and the changes made to that time line by Marty McFly's visit to the past. It is part of the temporal anomalies site.
Temporal Anomalies in Back to the Future 2: This continues the examination of the problems created in the Back to the Future film series by examining its second entry, as part of the temporal anomalies site.
Temporal Anomalies in Back to the Future 3: Finishing the Back to the Future series, this page traces all of the time lines created by the entire film series, and determines where it ends up as a time travel study.
Temporal Anomalies in Other Films: Having been named a Sci Fi Weekly Site of the Week in November, the time travel site added a page of brief comments on a number of movies which did not have their own pages.
Temporal Anomalies in Planet of the Apes: The 2001 version of this film appears to contain or imply several jaunts through time. The analysis examines each of these, piecing together events seen and unseen.
Temporal Anomalies in Popular Time Travel Movies: This is the contents page for the temporal anomalies site, applying the timeline principles expressed in the Multiverser game system to unravel the time tinkering in films.
Temporal Anomalies in Star Trek First Contact: Star Trek's third theatrical tinkering with time takes us back to the future, and our examination of their temporal anomalies is on the site dedicated to that purpose.
Temporal Anomalies in Star Trek Generations: The transitional film from the old guard to the next generation of Star Trek uses a magical time travel trick to make the connection, and creates temporal anomalies worthy of examination at this site. It also gives me the opportunity to air a few gripes about the film and the series which preceded it.
Temporal Anomalies in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: When Kirk and company go back for whales, the temporal anomalies site examines the changes in the time lines they may have created.
Temporal Anomalies in the Disney Movie Flight of The Navigator: Although considered a children's movie, this film is rather sophisticated in its treatment of time travel, even if it has several other mistakes in its science. This site considers the reconstruction of the timeline, and also points up a few glitches in it.
Temporal Anomalies in the Film Millennium: This perennial cable movie about time travelers from the future is examined in the temporal anomalies site for the nuances of its time lines.
Temporal Anomalies in the Lost In Space Feature Film: What at first seems a simple film about family values proves to be a convoluted concoction of temporal mechanics, unraveled piece by piece.
Temporal Anomalies in the Star Trek Time Travel Movies: This is a brief introduction and secondary contents page for the temporal anomalies site, connecting the time-travel Star Trek films.
Temporal Anomalies in the Terminator Series: Both parts of the sci-fi thriller are examined, the timelines reconstructed, and thoughts for a third Terminator entry suggested in this section of the temporal anomalies site.
Temporal Anomalies in The Time Machine: This examination of the 2001 version of the classic H. G. Wells story finds it incoherent and impossible; we don't know whether to laugh or cry over the lead character's desire to find out why he cannot do what he just successfully did, and why it is that everyone in the film pretends you can't change the past and then proceeds to do, or attempt to do, just that.
Temporal Anomalies in The Twelve Monkeys: Hollywood again looks at time travel, and creates more anomalies. The particularly complex timelines of this movie are carefully unraveled and revealed on my temporal anomalies site.
Temporal Anomalies: Kate and Leopold: Meg Ryan crosses time to join her true love; but how does the movie work against time travel theory?
Temporal Anomalies: Somewhere in Time: The cult classic love story with a time travel twist gets examined for temporal problems, and comes up with one major glitch in an otherwise smooth story; but fans aren't going to like it.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 1: Doctor TOC: The first letter suggests that the point of 12 Monkeys is that time can't be changed; my answer addresses that issue.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 2: Doctor TOC: This follow-up letter raises a minor point of disagreement.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 3: JKrapf007: This writer just wanted to clear up a few points about Army of Darkness and its relation to the Evil Dead movies.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 4: Nathro: Another Evil Dead fan was determined to explain the difference between the first two movies and their relationship to the third.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 5: JKrapf007: The writer was confused about the time travel concept, as to what I meant concerning someone traveling into the past from the future.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 6: Nathro: The followup letter provides more information about the background of the Army of Darkness film.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 7: Sauce96: The writer challenges part of the Terminator reconstruction, and I defend my position.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 8: Sauce96: A time travel story from a comic book is presented, and I unravel it and show the flaw in the writer's solution.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 9: Sauce96: Acknowledging that the solution he proposed in his comic is unworkable, the writer goes on to defend paradoxes from a perspective which I show is unworkable.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 10: Muhammed: This 12 Monkeys fan raises a question which apparently suggests that Gilliam's movie believes deja-vous results from time travel; I suggest why I find this untenable.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 11: Holger Thiemann: The writer defends the interpretation of 12 Monkeys as demonstrating that you can't change history; I respond to this on several levels.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 12: Chad Hadsell: This writer tries to argue that time travel creates alternate world histories, but the original world must continue; I demonstrate that this is not time travel in the true sense, and that his theory is more limiting than he supposes.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 13: Chad Hadsell: In a second letter, the writer suggests that time doesn't exist in any objective sense, but is a subjective experience of each individual; I demonstrate the distinctions between subjective and objective perceptions of dimensions, and the nature of time as a dimension.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 14: Holger Thiemann: In a second letter, the writer looks for holes in the theory, testing it against a few of the more difficult questions.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 15: Chad Hadsell: Returning for a third letter, the writer claims that traveling forward in time changes history; I show where the confusion lies.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 16: Chad Hadsell: With remarkable perception, the writer recognizes that moving forward in time will result in erasing himself from the future; I explain why that works.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 17: Holger Thieman: Holger's third letter raises issues related to temporal duplicates and the effect of missing the precise points in time for the replay of the time trip.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 18: Gecko: Another 12 Monkey's fan attacks my interpretation, arguing for the static time theory; this page moves from thoughts of sequential time, causality, and free will to consideration of the validity of Einstein's Relativity.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 19: Jason Seiler: A student of metaphysics challenges whether I'm biased in my approach to these movies, especially 12 Monkeys.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 20: Jason Seiler: This follow-up note gives the links to a couple sites related to the metaphysics of time travel.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 21: Etienne Rouette: The minor point of disagreement raised in letter 2 is raised again--is the insurance woman at the end of the film a younger version of the chief scientist, or did the chief scientist return to the past to insure that the virus would be collected?
Temporal Anomaly Letter 22: Matthew Potts: The minor point of disagreement raised in Doctor TOC's second letter and again by Etienne Rouette is raised yet again--is the insurance woman at the end of the film a younger version of the chief scientist, or did the chief scientist return to the past to insure that the virus would be collected? The argument turns on how old she is.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 23: Bart 1: Although it had been hinted at previously, Bart directly raised the popular theory that time travelers move to the history of a parallel universe. But this page challenges both whether that theory can be considered real time travel, and whether it really saves us from the problems of paradox.
Temporal Anomaly Letter 24: Bart 2: In a second engagement, Bart tries to explain his parallel universe theory in more detail. But it appears that the deeper you look at this solution, the more problems appear, such as temporal duplication of the traveler, and paradoxes across dimensions.
Third Response to Chuck Buckley's Time Travel Problem: The discussion with Chuck Buckley continued with a consideration of the linear nature of the time travel theory in these pages, and a few other points. This was the third contribution, shown on his site originally, and later copied to mine.
Time Travel in Peggy Sue Got Married: In response to a reader request, the time travel aspects of this film were addressed, including what, if anything, occurred.
Timetravel Responses 5: Chuck Buckley has a wonderful site on time travel, and included a contribution from me in response to some of his work. The site is his very nice design, but much of the text is mine. My contribution to this page has been copied to my site so that it won't be lost.
Timetravel Responses 6: My interaction with Chuck Buckley continues on his wonderful site, as I respond to his questions and responses. My contribution to this page has been copied to my site so that it won't be lost.
Timetravel Responses 8: The conversation with Chuck Buckley continues here, discussing among other things the concept of linear time which duplicates itself, and the inevitability of change to the past in any backward trip. My contribution to this page has been copied to my site so that it won't be lost.
Timetravel Responses 9: The conversation with Chuck Buckley comes to an at least temporary end here, challenging the notions of multiple universes and asking whether major changes in the past would be noticed by anyone. My contribution to this page has been copied to my site so that it won't be lost.
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