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u/tamagawa · 46 pointsr/science

Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke collaborated on a phenomenal novel about scientists creating wormhole technology which allowed them to peer through tiny mobile wormholes at any point on the planet. Eventually, the technology is leaked and suddenly, anybody can send a tiny invisible wormhole camera into their neighbors homes, the President's meeting room, the refugee camps of Africa, anywhere. They could have stopped there and it'd have been an awesome read, but eventually it is discovered that the wormholes can allow people to view backwards through time... that's when things get really crazy. Definitely a fantastic read that I would recommend to anybody, it's one of my favorite SF works of recent years.

u/trekbette · 6 pointsr/scifi

I enjoy Kage Baker's The Company series. It has an interesting concept where time travel is possible, but so expensive that it is cheaper to make immortal employees then travel back and forth.

The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter is excellent. It is sort of time travelly.

I also love the Pern series by Anne McCaffrey, which involves quite a bit of time travel. But it may be considered more fantasy than sci-fi.

u/GrayOne · 5 pointsr/askscience

This is an interesting science fiction book about the concept:

http://www.amazon.com/Light-Other-Days-Arthur-Clarke/dp/0312871996

A company develops faster than light communication through little microscopic wormholes. As the book goes on they learn how to use this to see the past.

u/Jephimykes · 4 pointsr/HFY

This reminds me of the ending of the book The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.

u/adamhaeder · 2 pointsr/books

The Light of Other Days, by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - http://www.amazon.com/Light-Other-Days-Arthur-Clarke/dp/0312871996

Good sci-fi concept (wormhole technology lets us see into the past), weak character development, but overall a good story. And then a totally weird out of the blue last chapter. Just don't read the last chapter (it's like 4 pages long anyway) and the book is just fine.

u/Corgana · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

This question reminds me of "The Light of Other Days" By Arthur Clarke and Stephen Baxter. Great book, btw.

u/Briscowned · 1 pointr/AskReddit

There's an interesting novel that plays out as a sort of thought experiment on a topic similar to this. It's called The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke.

Link - Amazon

u/Expurgate · 1 pointr/worldbuilding

>The Light of Other Days

Very, very good book, quite impressive as a look at what the true social consequences of wormholes might be. Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter are the wombo combo of science fiction imo!

Amazon link if anyone wants to check it out.

u/katsumiblisk · 1 pointr/Android

I read that short story when I was a kid. You should read The Light of Other Days by Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter. It's an excellent book on the same themes.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312871996/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0bRgAb8JJ7KWT