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Has there ever been a time travel SciFi story where the premise is that time travel is imprecise, and you can't control the EXACT time you go back to, there's a "margin of error" for when you arrive? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by Diuretic_Materialism@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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IDK thought that'd be a cool concept, like some guy is trying to change the past, but he can't get to the exact date he needs to, and so has to overshoot to ensure he doesn't pass it and has to deal with whatever time he shows up in.

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Isn't this Quantum Leap (or at least the reboot, I don't really remember the original)...

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Quantum Leap couldn't get exactly where they needed to in one shot. They had to kind of slingshot-effect around other places in time to get to where they needed...sorta like slingshotting around planets to go faster in space.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I have no idea about a reboot, but in Quantum Leap he has absolutely no control over the time periods he lept into.