tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post4083352203764868261..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Magical trains and LondonRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-16873966443283904672009-07-05T08:12:59.921-07:002009-07-05T08:12:59.921-07:00(Is it you or Gutenberg that keeps substituting th...(Is it you or Gutenberg that keeps substituting the number 1 for capital I in that last bit?)<br><br>These time-traveler things are going to get tricky to write now that everybody always has a camera-phone on their person -- loaded with hundreds of photos of the here and now.<br><br>I've also been musing about the tranfer of microbes in bodily excretions left behind -- but that's probably not appropriate to get into here. Plus, I'm sure Harry Potter doesn't have any microbes. I know I don't.Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-6592838539658935222009-07-05T09:31:36.051-07:002009-07-05T09:31:36.051-07:00Gutenberg. I think I've repaired them all now....Gutenberg. I think I've repaired them all now.<br><br><i>microbes</i><br><br>Yes: ignored for convenience in just about all time travel fiction. Even a century could be risky (e.g. carrying back a current flu strain). Oh, and <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/" rel="nofollow">Stargate</a></i> too (with its population of Ancient Egyptians isolated for a few millennia).Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com