My pick would have to be the A Whole Nother Story trilogy, in which (spoiler warning) you can only travel back in time. But because time is in a loop of sorts, if you go before the beginning of time, you will be at the end of time. From there you can go back to any time you want to. And time paradoxes cannot be produced. Plus, your memories from the previous timeline exist as well as the memories from the new one.

      • JinimyCritic@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Hey! Me, too!

        For those wondering, the protagonist is “summoned” back 200+ years when her ancestor is in some danger. She goes back to her time when she is in danger of dying.

        • awyastark@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I feel like it’s important to mention that she’s a modern Black woman pulled back to a plantation in the 1800s where her ancestor is enslaved. It’s phenomenal but very very heavy.

          • DaErfYaw@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            There’s a great interview with Octavia Butler floating around where she’s asked about the themes of race and identity in her books. She sort of brushes it off is just another tool to write about lol.

            One of her strengths is to handle this material in such an objective way. She’s a black female author presenting her ideas in the most masculine way. She really is one of a kind.

    • SuperRadPsammead@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I came here to upvote Kindred. It was one of those books that once I started it I was a thousand percent hooked from the opening sentence and couldn’t put it down until I finished it.

    • Budget-Addendum-9504@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Absolutely incredible novel. I wrote my final paper for my 20th Century Literature class, wrote a crap ton about chronemics, and got a 100!

    • fractal_rose@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      The FX/Hulu series was so good too!! I’m really bummed they canceled it before season 2 - hopefully another network picks it up. Seems to be the trend recently.

    • joelfinkle@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I keep meaning to read it, especially after seeing the one season on FX. I kept going, “oh they’re so screwed now” every single episode. Add they don’t get any less screwed by the end of each episode.