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This reminded me of a short story I read, called Light Of Other Days, written by Bob Shaw. Instead of black holes or other massive objects, he used a concept c
by scarygliders 12y ago
This reminded me of a short story I read, called Light Of Other Days, written by Bob Shaw.
Instead of black holes or other massive objects, he used a concept called "slow glass" - glass in which light takes years to pass.
Obviously, though, you'd had to have panes of slow glass in front of the scenes from life 6000 years ago...
- jcoffland 12y ago"Light of Other Days" is a great book but it was written by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke.
- jcoffland 12y agoWait, sorry. There are two books with similar titles. "The Light of Other Days" is by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke. "Light of Other Days" is indeed by Bob Shaw. I have not read the latter. The former deals with a new technology which allows people to see in to the past via microscopic "wormholes".
- davyjones 12y agoThis was one of the first works I read that changed my perspective to focus on the human elements in science fiction as opposed to the bells and whistles.