The End of Eternity
by I
About This Novel
In the 24th century, humans invented the time force field. In the 27th century, after humans mastered time travel technology, they established an organization called Eternity, which silently guards the development of human society behind every era. Eternal time and space is measured in units of one century, and is fine-tuned based on the development needs of each century to avoid greater harm to society as a whole. By correcting the mistakes of the past and nipping all disasters in the bud, humanity finally achieves a peaceful future. However, this "absolutely safe" future came to an end one day. The chain of cause and effect is formed unknowingly, as if darkness is coming from all directions and is about to engulf all mankind.
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Official(24)Scraped 3d ago
A subtle reflection on extreme fiction
This is actually a purely fictitious idea by the author. He first imagined a large branch of time, just like a branch, and then countless smaller branches would be generated under this large branch... But in general, this large branch would lead humans astray, so humans standing on higher tree trunks actually came back to eliminate this branch... This is really incredible, It is so fictitious that it cannot be more fictitious, because it is a closed fictitious branch, and no one can prove that it has ever existed, but also because no one can prove that it has no possibility of existence, but it makes this extreme fictitious more subtle, and also makes people have to reflect, maybe this is a swamp misunderstanding that human beings may fall into in the process of evolution.
Great story (spoiler alert)
When I first started reading, I felt that the background setting was a bit incomplete, and the male protagonist's sudden obsession with the female protagonist and his desperate motivation to destroy eternal time and space for the female protagonist made me feel a bit stiff, but I still felt shocked after reading it at the end. Even the ultimate power of manipulating time and space and controlling cause and effect seems weak and inferior in front of the heroic dream of conquering the stars and the sea. Although the latter involves unforeseen risks, it is precisely this unknown that inspires the courage to move forward in human nature.
I like things that have a beginning and an end.
Therefore, I know that it will bring dangers if we presume to create a sustainable world through artificial changes. Because we are so insignificant, whether you are an ordinary person in ordinary time and space, or a calculator in eternal time and space, we are much smaller than we imagine. But think about it, just under our current time and space, different time and space and lives should exist at the same time. We often pass through each other's bodies, maybe you are sitting next to me. Sometimes when I think about it, it seems like a magical and wonderful thing. Asimov explained the non-existence of a perfect state, and no matter how sophisticated calculations and inferences are, it is impossible to predict future changes in life. In our rush to "save" the world, we inadvertently disrupt the entire time and space. "You know, if you want to make progress and continue to develop, the important thing is not to avoid difficulties, but to overcome them, do you understand?" Yes, don't escape, face it, fight it. Like many stories, in the seemingly rigorous story flow, love breaks everything and allows human beings to reveal their original impulses and most primitive desires. Use love again to make the bravest and most incredible actions. Two points of view in the book. Universalism.
Hey, I can't stand it! ! !
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This book breaks away from the traditional boundaries of time. Let's explore instead. If you know it, the end result is failure. Should humans still take risks?
A good introduction to the great Galactic Empire
With strong logical reasoning ability and reality construction ability, Asimov used the science fiction imagination that is astonishing to everyone in the world to create a human attempt in time, and made a judgment: the eternity of time is harmful to human beings, and only the expansion of space is the basic mission of human continuation!
Finished reading
Those who play with time will eventually be played with by time. It is best to be an observer, base yourself on the present and imagine the future, rather than change history.
numb scalp
Reading it for the second time three years later, my scalp is still numb.
It turns out that someone completed such a great thought experiment more than 60 years ago!
Asimov's interpretation of the paradox of time and space is really logical and rigorous, and at the same time, his yearning for human beings to enter the sea of stars is as firm as faith. In addition, Cui Zhengnan's translation can be described as perfect.
Yes, some ideas are just like that in books.
Chuunibyou is not unreasonable. I hope that the world will appear supernatural.
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Official(24)Scraped 3d ago
A subtle reflection on extreme fiction
This is actually a purely fictitious idea by the author. He first imagined a large branch of time, just like a branch, and then countless smaller branches would be generated under this large branch... But in general, this large branch would lead humans astray, so humans standing on higher tree trunks actually came back to eliminate this branch... This is really incredible, It is so fictitious that it cannot be more fictitious, because it is a closed fictitious branch, and no one can prove that it has ever existed, but also because no one can prove that it has no possibility of existence, but it makes this extreme fictitious more subtle, and also makes people have to reflect, maybe this is a swamp misunderstanding that human beings may fall into in the process of evolution.
Great story (spoiler alert)
When I first started reading, I felt that the background setting was a bit incomplete, and the male protagonist's sudden obsession with the female protagonist and his desperate motivation to destroy eternal time and space for the female protagonist made me feel a bit stiff, but I still felt shocked after reading it at the end. Even the ultimate power of manipulating time and space and controlling cause and effect seems weak and inferior in front of the heroic dream of conquering the stars and the sea. Although the latter involves unforeseen risks, it is precisely this unknown that inspires the courage to move forward in human nature.
I like things that have a beginning and an end.
Therefore, I know that it will bring dangers if we presume to create a sustainable world through artificial changes. Because we are so insignificant, whether you are an ordinary person in ordinary time and space, or a calculator in eternal time and space, we are much smaller than we imagine. But think about it, just under our current time and space, different time and space and lives should exist at the same time. We often pass through each other's bodies, maybe you are sitting next to me. Sometimes when I think about it, it seems like a magical and wonderful thing. Asimov explained the non-existence of a perfect state, and no matter how sophisticated calculations and inferences are, it is impossible to predict future changes in life. In our rush to "save" the world, we inadvertently disrupt the entire time and space. "You know, if you want to make progress and continue to develop, the important thing is not to avoid difficulties, but to overcome them, do you understand?" Yes, don't escape, face it, fight it. Like many stories, in the seemingly rigorous story flow, love breaks everything and allows human beings to reveal their original impulses and most primitive desires. Use love again to make the bravest and most incredible actions. Two points of view in the book. Universalism.
Hey, I can't stand it! ! !
open
This book breaks away from the traditional boundaries of time. Let's explore instead. If you know it, the end result is failure. Should humans still take risks?
A good introduction to the great Galactic Empire
With strong logical reasoning ability and reality construction ability, Asimov used the science fiction imagination that is astonishing to everyone in the world to create a human attempt in time, and made a judgment: the eternity of time is harmful to human beings, and only the expansion of space is the basic mission of human continuation!
Finished reading
Those who play with time will eventually be played with by time. It is best to be an observer, base yourself on the present and imagine the future, rather than change history.
numb scalp
Reading it for the second time three years later, my scalp is still numb.
It turns out that someone completed such a great thought experiment more than 60 years ago!
Asimov's interpretation of the paradox of time and space is really logical and rigorous, and at the same time, his yearning for human beings to enter the sea of stars is as firm as faith. In addition, Cui Zhengnan's translation can be described as perfect.
Yes, some ideas are just like that in books.
Chuunibyou is not unreasonable. I hope that the world will appear supernatural.
