“The problem encountered in time travel is quite simply one of grammar.” -D. Adams. In this story, this isn’t far from the truth. I’m likin’ it, quite excellent.
At first I wasn’t sure I liked the ‘ers’ and ‘oohs’, but actually they add a kind of realism – this guy can get as confused about the possibility of time travel as us – and he does it!
Some nice ‘rules’ which could be bounced off for sequels, and a personable, witty central character carrying the piece through…
I very much like this. It is similar in theme to the ficlet written a couple ofter this in this challenge, and the idea of lack of control in time travel is tantalising to my imagination.
I can’t help but think how lucky your main character was that he wasn’t shifted while he was in the process of being helped by the lovely young woman…who knows where that might’ve gotten him…
awesome! I too thought back to the future, because i haven’t really seen quantum leap. There is a song “I’m my own grandpa” that is really catchy and i will now have stuck in my head for the rest of the day..