About this episode

This episode explores the concept of time travel through two science fiction tales and the implications of altering the past.

What would happen if you could step into the past? Would you fix a mistake? Change the course of history? Save someone? Or would one small action send shockwaves into the present? This week on Ron's Amazing Stories, we explore two unforgettable science fiction tales that tackle one of the genre's most fascinating questions: Can the past truly be changed? First, we journey back to the age of dinosaurs in "A Sound of Thunder," based on the classic story by Ray Bradburyand originally broadcast on SF '68. A wealthy hunter travels millions of years into the past for the ultimate trophy — but one misstep may alter the future in ways no one expects. Then, from the legendary radio series X Minus One, we present "Time and Time Again." A soldier on the brink of death finds himself thrown backward in time — and attempts to change history. But is the past something we can rewrite… or is it already written? In This Episode: The science (and speculation) behind time travel The danger of paradoxes and the famous "butterfly effect" "A Sound of Thunder" – time tourism with catastrophic consequences "Time and Time Again" – can one man alter history? The idea that the past may be fixed — and why…

People in this episode

Host: Ronald Hood

Topics covered

• time travel
• science fiction
• history
• paradoxes
• butterfly effect
• altering history

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Sound of Thunder, Time and Time Again

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