Category Archives: Time

Sci-Fi Stories: Visions of “The Future” as Verdicts on “The Now”

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Bob Shepherd

A red light blinked repeatedly in the lower left portion of Talia’s field of vision. This was meant to be scary and was, as was the fact that she couldn’t order the voice accompanying it to go mute and to … Continue reading →

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It’s about Time (a Catena)

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Bob Shepherd

   A brief tour of fascinating (and lunatic) notions that philosophers (and a few poets) have had about time.  The Mystery of Time “What then is time? If no one asks me, I know; if I wish to explain it … Continue reading →

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