Wednesday, 10 September 2014

The Artist Unleashed: MODES OF TRAVEL THROUGH TIME, by Dennis Higgins

I would like to thank Jessica Bell for having me to the Artist Unleashed event.

I am Dennis Higgins, author of time travel stories. I am the “Gone But Not Forgotten” guy. My own books are not heavily into science or sci-fi. The stories involve the intimate and detailed lives of my traveler which I call Time Pilgrims.

Today I would like to explore the many modes of travelling in time from several different ...

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  1. Debbie Young10 September 2014 at 13:29

    H G Wells' Time Machine is my favourite form of time travel ever, both in the book and that iconic film, made all the more charming by what to the 21st century viewer seems dated in its own right as a product of the 1960s. (The film and I share the same vintage in fact: 1960. A very good year!) I return to Well's books time and time again (ho ho), though he has passed a little out of fashion these days and is not as widely read as he should be.

    I love the notion of your time travel, via water. How exciting to think we are in the daily presence of the catalyst to time travel. I had fun writing a short story recently in which the heroine discovers via a dream that the secret of painless weight loss lies within a recipe made using everyday storecupboard ingredients. That's wish fulfilment on my part, as I suspect is your method of time travel! You can read "The Alchemy of Chocolate", and a selection of others stories from my new flash fiction collection "Quick Change", on Wattpad for free here: http://www.wattpad.com/70289353-quick-change-the-alchemy-of-chocolate

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  2. Debbie Young10 September 2014 at 14:53

    And now that I've read the instructions properly, another comment! My favourite thing from the past: my Roman glass earrings. Modern silver swirly setting, with a disc of genuine Roman glass in the middle. Although they make me feel a bit like I've stolen the (Elgin) Marbles from the Parthenon, but on a much smaller scale, (shouldn't all this ancient stuff be in a museum rather than in a gift catalogue?), I love the way they make me feel in touch with the past. My hand can touch a piece of glass that was touched by the hand of an ancient Roman. They might even inspire me to write a story about a girl who acquires a piece of antique jewellery that has hidden powers to transport her back to the time it was the height of fashion. The only downside: one of my Roman glass earrings recently went missing! Or maybe someone has just used it to travel through time... now, who haven't I seen around lately?

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    1. Anonymous11 September 2014 at 13:01

      Thanks for both comments, Debbie. I would love to see a picture of the Roman glass earrings. You should definitely write that story. When my eyes first landed on the word Elgin, I had to do a double take. You see I live in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois, where the famous watches were made for over a hundred years. Then I realized you were writing about the magnificent yet controversial Parthenon marbles.

      If you ever do invest that weight loss recipe, let me know.

      I like the way you string words together.

      Dennis

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    2. Debbie Young11 September 2014 at 14:10

      Haha! Thanks, Dennis! What a coincidence about Elgin. Did you know there's also a Scottish town called Elgin? I went there for the first time this summer and discovered a wonderful museum, which has two tiny rooms in which the curator lived and worked. I think there's a story in there too... So many ideas and not enough time to write them all! I have another novel project in mind too - a thriller set at a writers' retreat, inspired by my time at Jessica's wonderful Homeric Retreat this year. But I'll add the Roman earring idea to my list of stories-to-write too. Just hope I can find the missing one...

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    3. Anonymous12 September 2014 at 12:57

      I think somewhere in the history of Elgin, Illinois, it was named after the Scottish town. As far as the Elgin watch factory, all that remains of it is a couple of pillars that were once the entrance. It's now a strip mall. But just a block away stands a small observatory that the factory once used to set the watches to the stars. It's now used for school children. When I was interviewed by the local newspaper, I requested my picture be taken in front of it.

      A writer's retreat thriller sounds intriguing.

      Dennis

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  3. Alex J. Cavanaugh10 September 2014 at 21:01

    I guess time travel fascinates us because we can't do it.
    Can't think of a favorite place or thing from the past. Favorite person - Jesus.

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    1. Anonymous11 September 2014 at 13:05

      Thanks, Alex. I also have a fondness for Jesus. As far as not being able to time travel, we do it all the time in a forward motion. Sometimes faster or slower than other times. Einstein proved light was a constant, but time was in a flux.

      Best, Dennis

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  4. Matthew MacNish11 September 2014 at 13:11

    It's hard to beat something as awesome as the TARDIS, but I've always loved the concept of the Einstein-Rosen bridge, or Wormhole, and find it interesting how space can affect time even in minor ways (such as the loss of 20 minutes in Carl Sagan's CONTACT).

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    1. Anonymous12 September 2014 at 12:48

      I loved Sagan and Contact. Good movie too. He left us too soon and I thought the remake of his Cosmos series was terrible.

      Yes, hard to beat the TARDIS and the good Doctor.

      Dennis

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  5. Virginia Wright11 September 2014 at 20:49

    I never read a Time Travel book before in my life until I read: Steampunk Alice by Dennis Higgins. I was skeptical as I am so into pure romance and inspirational romance novels...I must say, I could not put Steampunk Alice down. Now, I am reading another Dennis Higgins book: Parallel Roads Lost on Route 66. I am on chapter 4 and from the first paragraph of the book, I knew I would need to keep reading to get the answer of what happened to Katherine Callahan. Oh, my gosh...great read! No need to put my name in for the free eBook, I have all of Dennis's books. But I did want to say that I believe traveling through time is a fascinating prospect....:

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    1. Anonymous12 September 2014 at 12:51

      Thank you Virginia. You and I belong to the figurative mutual admiration society. I think your work is great too. Parallel Roads (Lost on Route 66) is my first and therefore my baby.

      Dennis

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  6. Anonymous19 September 2014 at 13:28

    Debbie, Alex and Matthew. I would like to send you all an eBook of Parallel Roads (Lost o Route 66). Please email me your choice of format to: vwbeatles78@aol.com

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