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--All You Zombies--

30 points by vinutheraj 17y ago

vinutheraj 17y ago
Here's the story - http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html It's a real fun story exploring the peculiar paradoxes of time travel :), where a man becomes his own father and mother and son :D !!
- michaelkeenan 17y ago
  That could have used a spoiler warning vinutheraj.
  - nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
    The entire Wikipedia article posted is a giant spoiler...
    - rbanffy 17y ago
      Folks... It's not the destination that matters, but the journey. That said, some people would prefer to figure out what is going on by themselves.
      - nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
        I'm just pointing out that the original comment was no more of a spoiler than the article all these comments are posting about. It would have been different if the post was pointing to the story, and someone dropped the Wikipedia article/spoiler in a comment there.
  - vinutheraj 17y ago
    Hmm, well I knew what I did was not the best way, but I thought if I just linked the story, not many people would read the whole thing ! So I thought this was the best way to reach out to a larger audience, give them a summary of the story.
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jcsalterego 17y ago
A while back I read Michio Kaku's _Hyperspace_, which makes mention of this short story but not by name. Thanks!
RevRal 17y ago
Ah, perfect for a lazy Saturday morning. Thank you.
mkyc 17y ago
http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html (story link, without spoiler) Also read: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/scifi/byhisbootstraps.html http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/scifi/byhisbootstraps.html
- Vivtek 17y ago
  I've heard of By His Bootstraps but it appears I had never actually read it - thanks!
jws 17y ago
Appears as Escape Pod episode 200: http://escapepod.org/2009/07/02/ep-200-all-you-zombies/ http://escapepod.org/2009/07/02/ep-200-all-you-zombies/ for people that would rather listen than read.
iman 17y ago
Here is the previous discussion of this at hacker news: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328833 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328833
rikthevik 17y ago
Well, even if it wasn't totally original, the Futurama where Fry becomes his own grandfather was hilarious.

30 points by vinutheraj 17y ago

Here's the story - http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html It's a real fun story exploring the peculiar paradoxes of time travel :), where a man becomes his own father and mother and son :D !!

michaelkeenan 17y ago
That could have used a spoiler warning vinutheraj.
- nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
  The entire Wikipedia article posted is a giant spoiler...
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    Folks... It's not the destination that matters, but the journey. That said, some people would prefer to figure out what is going on by themselves.
    - nuclear_eclipse 17y ago
      I'm just pointing out that the original comment was no more of a spoiler than the article all these comments are posting about. It would have been different if the post was pointing to the story, and someone dropped the Wikipedia article/spoiler in a comment there.
- vinutheraj 17y ago
  Hmm, well I knew what I did was not the best way, but I thought if I just linked the story, not many people would read the whole thing ! So I thought this was the best way to reach out to a larger audience, give them a summary of the story.
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jcsalterego 17y ago

A while back I read Michio Kaku's _Hyperspace_, which makes mention of this short story but not by name. Thanks!

RevRal 17y ago

Ah, perfect for a lazy Saturday morning. Thank you.

mkyc 17y ago

http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html (story link, without spoiler) Also read: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/scifi/byhisbootstraps.html http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/scifi/byhisbootstraps.html

Vivtek 17y ago
I've heard of By His Bootstraps but it appears I had never actually read it - thanks!

jws 17y ago

Appears as Escape Pod episode 200: http://escapepod.org/2009/07/02/ep-200-all-you-zombies/ http://escapepod.org/2009/07/02/ep-200-all-you-zombies/ for people that would rather listen than read.

iman 17y ago

Here is the previous discussion of this at hacker news: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328833 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328833

rikthevik 17y ago

Well, even if it wasn't totally original, the Futurama where Fry becomes his own grandfather was hilarious.