History Literature / TheAccidentalTimeMachine

* AuthorTract: The book contains rants about the evils of Christianity.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: By the 23rd century, the United States is divided down the middle, with sane Jews occupying the west and evil Christians occupying the east.

* GeniusLoci: La introduces herself as Los Angeles. She the precises that she is the AI running the Los Angeles county.

''The Accidental Time Machine'' is a ScienceFiction book by Creator/JoeHaldeman about a man who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin accidentally creates a time machine]] and has some quirky adventures with it. The main problem is that the time machine can only go into the future, and each time he uses it, the stretch of time he jumps is twelve times greater than the previous jump. He figures that sometime in the future, someone will create a time machine that can take him back home, so he continues traveling forward and exploring the various worlds in which he arrives.
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* GeniusLoci: La introdices herself as Los Angeles. She the precises that she is the AI running the Los Angeles county.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Exactly where the million dollars came from (and the note that merely says ''Get in the car and go'') that bailed Matt out of jail in 2058 is never explained, as he and Martha end up dropped in 1898 and never create another time machine. Also, at no time does the novel mention Matt setting in place measures which would allow a descendant of his (who might conceivably [[RedHerring look at least a bit like Matt]]) to go the the law firm with the cashier's checks and note.]]

** The future civilization 20,000 years in the future tried to [[JurassicPark bioengineer dinosaurs for use in an amusement park.]] It didn't work out well.

** From Matt's point of view, the time machine defies any scientific attempt to explain it -- but superintelligent AIs in the future have worked it out.

* {{Terraform}}: This is done to the moon at one point.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: By the 22nd century, the United States is divided down the middle, with sane Jews occupying the west and evil Christians occupying the east.
* {{Dystopia}}: The theocracy in the 22nd century.

** The first thing Matt uses to time travel in is an [[BackToTheFuture old fashioned, rarely used automobile]].

** Matt comments that LA's ship is [[DoctorWho bigger on the inside]]

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Exactly where the million dollars came from (and the note that merely says ''Get in the car and go'') that bailed Matt out of jail in 2059 is never explained, as he and Martha end up dropped in 1898 and never create another time machine. Also, at no time does the novel mention Matt setting in place measures which would allow a descendant of his (who might conceivably [[RedHerring look at least a bit like Matt]]) to go the the law firm with the cashier's checks and note.]]

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Exactly where the million dollars came from (and the note that merely says ''Get in the car and go'') that bailed Matt out of jail in 2059 is never explained, as he and Martha end up dropped in 1898 and never create another time machine. Also, at no time does the novel mention Matt setting in place measures which would allow a descendant of his (who might conceivably {{RedHerring look at least a bit like Matt}}) to go the the law firm with the cashier's checks and note.]]

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Exactly where the million dollars (and the note that merely says ''Get in the car and go'') that bailed Matt out of jail in 2059 came from is never explained, as he and Martha end up dropped in 1898 and never create another time machine. Also, at no time does the novel mention Matt setting in place measures which would allow a descendant of his to go the the law firm with the cashier's checks and note.]]

* StableTimeLoop: Matt eventually travels back long before he left, and his grandson becomes Matt's annoying boss, without whose presence he never would have created the time machine.

''The Accidental Time Machine'' is a ScienceFiction book by Creator/JoeHaldeman about a man who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin accidentally creates a time machine]] and has some quirky adventures with it. The main problem is that the time machine can only go into the future, and each time he uses it, the stretch of time he jumps doubles. He figures that sometime in the future, someone will create a time machine that can take him back home, so he continues traveling forward and exploring the various worlds in which he arrives.

* CivilWar: What led to the formation of the Christian theocracy.
* ChurchMilitant: Used to form a Christian dystopia.

* {{Dystopia}}: The Christian theocracy in the 22nd century.
* TheFundamentalist: Everyone in the Christian dystopia.

* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: Future civilizations speaking disparagingly of the Christian theocracy.

* StayInTheKitchen: The Christian dystopia's role for women. Matt doesn't like it.

* WrittenByTheWinners: The Christian theocracy's version of history is a bit different from the modern understanding.

''The Accidental Time Machine'' is a ScienceFiction book by Joe Haldeman about a man who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin accidentally creates a time machine]] and has some quirky adventures with it. The main problem is that the time machine can only go into the future, and each time he uses it, the stretch of time he jumps doubles. He figures that sometime in the future, someone will create a time machine that can take him back home, so he continues traveling forward and exploring the various worlds in which he arrives.