Timely Persuasion was recently named third favorite time travel story on the Enumeration Podcast!
It was an honor to be named here amongst several other great time travel tales. The three hosts came up with quite a set of stories altogether. Their complete lists are covered below – but check out the full episode for some cool discussion about each set of three:
Paul (novels):
1. Replay
2. Branch Point
3. Timely Persuasion
Honorable Mentions:
Time And Again, Time On My Hands, A Christmas Carol, The Man Who Folded Himself, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Island in the Sea of Time, The Trinity Paradox
Ben:
1. Back to the Future Trilogy
2. Groundhog Day
3. The Langoliers
Honorable Mentions:
“A Sound of Thunder”, The Time Machine, Slaughterhouse-Five, Time Bandits, Star Trek (4, 7, 8, & 11), 12 Monkeys, Donnie Darko, The Terminator, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Primer, Star Trek The Next Generation: “All Good Things”, TMNT – Turtles in Time, Time Changer
Alex:
1. Back to the Future
2. The End of Eternity
3. Chrono Trigger
Honorable Mentions:
The Lords of the Sands of Time, X-Men: Days of Future Past
Lots of excellent picks!
The only surprising omission in my mind would be Quantum Leap, though to be fair they did give have a passing “put right what once went wrong” reference during the podcast.
For me, the holy trinity of time travel will always be Replay, Back to the Future, and Quantum Leap in a three way tie for first. Breaking it out by category, my personal favorites would be:
Books:
1. Replay
2. Expiration Date
3. Up the Line
Movies:
1. Back to the Future
2. Timecrimes (Los CronocrÃmenes)
3. Primer
Television:
1. Quantum Leap
2. “The Constant” (Episode of Lost)
3. Journeyman
Honorable Mentions:Â (excluding works already referenced)
Books: 11/22/63, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Too Many Time Machines, Man in the Empty Suit
Movies: Deja Vu, Happy Accidents, Shuffle, Always Will, Source Code, Safety Not Guaranteed, About Time
Television: Tru Calling, Voyagers!, Misfits (Season 1 Episode 4), “Back There” (Twilight Zone Episode)
Video Games: Back to the Future: The Game, Chronotron, The Silent Age, Day of the Tentacle, Mushroom Age, Braid
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