Mystery
Marooned in Realtime
1986·288 pages
Time-displaced survivors investigate a murder in a post-singularity future where humanity has vanished, using bobbles for one-way time travel.
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Time-displaced survivors investigate a murder in a post-singularity future where humanity has vanished, using bobbles for one-way time travel.
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"In The Peace War Vernor Vinge introduced the technology of bobbles, creating spheres where time stands still while minutes, years, or eons pass by outside. Originally used to counter the nucler threat, then to enforce an oppressive government, they don't really come into their own until the century after the Peace War. What better means for one-way time travel? With the bobble plus longevity treatments, human achievements would seem to have no limits... You can hard...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild romantic elements; includes a married lesbian couple
Violence & gore
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Murder with unusual method; deaths and extinction peril, limited gore
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Married lesbian couple appears as side characters
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Singularity, power, and humanity’s technological fate as recurring themes
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Murder and threat of human extinction; isolation and cruelty themes
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