Talk:The Light of Other Days

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Did anyone else here get the distinct feeling that Clarke and Baxter were kinda fighting over who get to end the story there at the end? I think Baxter won, and then I think he ran out the door to the publishers before Clarke could catch him. -Litefantastic 01:36, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, it's a pretty silly book.  :-) - Omegatron 15:00, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

See also: The Dead Past by Isaac Asimov. --68.44.13.236 04:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Er, it's pretty silly that this page lacks mention that the title was originally that of Bob Shaw's classic slow glass story "Light of Other Days", which is even mentioned on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw

Also, it may or may not be notable that in the book, the commonly accepted term for wormholes used to view the past is "stapledons". 68.44.13.236 04:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I wonder to what extent Bobby can possibly be both a clone of Hiram and a half-brother to Hiram's son David. 217.95.87.253 (talk) 16:18, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Mergefrom

I have added {{Mergeto}} tags to three related articles, because they were about three characters from the novel (who have no importance outside of that novel) and which were merely regurgitated plot summaries. Those articles are:

• David Curzon
• Bobby Patterson
• Hiram Patterson

--Calton | Talk 01:29, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that the character articles be included in the main book article. They can be a list in a section of the book article. I would also include Kate and Mary in the list. --BRS (talk) 03:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)