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Comment author: [deleted] 09 December 2012 06:32:10PM 0 points [-]

Can anyone think of any good sci-fi written about a world in which time travel is a commonplace (like something everyone has access to and uses in accomplishing everyday tasks)? It occurs to me that 1) this might be interesting to try to sort out, and 2) I can't even imagine how it would work.

Comment author: drethelin 10 December 2012 07:55:56AM *  0 points [-]

The closest example I can think of is some of the Company novels by Kage Baker. Time travel is never for everyone but you do end with characters that have trivial access to it. On the other hand there are a lot of limitations