Rocking My Dreamboat
- by Victorya Chase
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Rocking My Dreamboat,” as by Victorya, in Timelines: Stories Inspired by H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, edited by J. W. Schnarr (Northern Frights Publishing, September 2010).
Jameson is a jerk. He pretends to love his mother, with whom he shares a house. He discovers time travel via a Legoland Time Machine and uses it to destroy women who “dumped” him. Yep, this guy is a real “winner.”
—Tandy Ringoringo
He looked at the sole red logo and decided it was the on button. He thought about where he’d like to be, and pushed.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: All of Jameson’s trips to the past.
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Presumed home period of Jameson.
- Time Travel Methods
- Wellsian Time Machines: The Legoland Time Machine.
- Themes
- Causal Loops: The Oedipal causal loop.
- Ex Nihilo Obects and People: The Legoland Time Machine has no origin.
- I’m My Own Grandpaw
- Messing with Someone’s Ancestors: Kathleen and Mari’s mothers.
- Oedipal Time Travel
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Rocking My Dreamboat,” as by Victorya, in Timelines: Stories Inspired by H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, edited by J. W. Schnarr (Northern Frights Publishing, September 2010).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Victorya Chase as by Victorya