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Let me attempt to answer some questions that Pheby has left a bit unclear in his inimitable way of making the complex even more complex.
How do I time travel?
Look at pictures. Now try to see what's outside the frame.
Any picture?
Yes?
Can a person time travel to an alternate reality where there is no time travel?
No.
Can a person, through going back in time, have sex with their mother or father and then give birth to themselves?
Seek help.
In "Back to the Future,"--
Stop right there.
How do you get to the future, since there can't be pictures of the future in the past.
Really? Who told you that? A time traveler trying to trick you perhaps?
Mr. Dr. Phebson said you can't go back. Why not?
Because you cannot go into yourself in that moment. That back cannot exist for you again. You may only go back as an observer or a new participant, both of which permanently change the scene. (See Vert Konnegut's "Schroedinger's Time Travelin' Cat" in the 1875 issue of Journey Man.)
Why does everyone speak English in this story?
Translations of this book are available in 72 languages and 37 countries.
No, why does everyone in the past, Native Americans, Hebrews, why do they all speak English?
Hmm. What kind of story are you looking for? I've got some dialogues of Cicero you can translate if you'd like.
What happens if you travel into a mistake?
You can't really. You just stay where you are till you see it right. (Note: Pheby, disagrees with this one. That's why he sits in the den staring till he's cross-eyed just to prove that we once had a hairless cat. Ha!)
What's Mr. Dr. Phebson really like? Is he this cute at home?
I don't know what he says to you in time travel lessons, but if you want him you can have him, though I may go back in time and kick the asses of your precious little lineage.
Can I ever get back my hair?
Not unless you mean the actual follicles.
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