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1. 40 Responses to “Philosophy of Time Travel”

2. By gaby on Dec 28, 2004

   

   esta pelicula me encanto, soy muy dificil para que las peliculas no me aburran… pero con esta… me traume esta genial!! la he recomendado a todos los que conosco; felicidades de antemano y que sigan haciendo peliculas como esta

3. By jono on Feb 8, 2005

   

   this is the first time and probly the last time i visit this site dont get me wrong though but there is a book made named “the philosophy of time travel” im trying to find it a friend showed it to me and im tryen to find it again… Hopefully i do…………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. By jamie on Mar 30, 2005

   

   everyone wants that book and all i can find is people wanting it where is the book the philosophy of time travel

5. By Driftwood on Apr 4, 2005

   

   the philosophy of time trravel is a book yes, i believe this… but the answers we all seek have to found within the confines of our own grasp on time itself… good day

6. By ghost on Apr 9, 2005

   

   The philosophy of time travel
   G Matthew Gilmore

   1998
   English Book : Microform 1 microfiche.
   Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, ; ISBN: 0612248461

7. By Another ghost on Jul 7, 2005

   

   http://isbndb.com/d/book/the_philosophy_of_time_travel.html

8. By Another ghost on Jul 7, 2005

   

   The search progresses:
   http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=1120766314062_195_249_36_111&l=0&lvl=1&v=1&itm=19350080&rt=1&bill=1

9. By The Real Ghost on Sep 21, 2005

   

   http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Philosophy%20of%20Time%20Travel

10. By Kelson on Sep 21, 2005

    

    I think some people have missed the point:There may be an actual book called The Philosophy of Time Travel, but it’s not the book that was invented for the movie, and only a few pages of that book were actually written.

11. By Sarah on Dec 30, 2005

    

    I’m not sure if a book is out there about time travel, which I’m sure there is, but channel 11 did a great special on portals, time travel, the universe having 16 or 19 dimensions and it was really fasinating. If interested in that kind of stuff I would look into finding a tape of that.

12. By Darko on Jan 2, 2006

    

    What about the other book that was in the movie? Not the one by roberta sparrow. But the other one that the teacher recommends he reads. What is that one called again?

13. By unknown on Jan 13, 2006

    

    It is not a book but a short story by Graham Greene “The Desructors” (it’s on the black board behind the teacher)

14. By unknown on Jan 13, 2006

    

    here’s a link for the story http://www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/1310/Destructors.htm

    Edit: “The Destructors”

15. By neil on Jan 19, 2006

    

    graham greene’s The destructors is a commonly available short story detailing a gang of post war adolescents descent into creative destruction….a piece of pre planned anarchy……well thought out spontenaiety!!!!
    roberta sparrow’s book is unfortunately a work of fiction also to be found commonly available. love nm

16. By dale on Jan 30, 2006

    

    the only thing i know is that that movie was great, and i wish i could get my hands on that book to read, theres so many different angles to look at the movie, but i would like to learn about the philosophy of time travel

17. By derek on Feb 12, 2006

    

    http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/mq24846.pdf

    enjoy

    Thankyou and good night

18. By Sean on Mar 13, 2006

    

    hey thanks Derek, that was an insightful essay

19. By D.D. on Mar 26, 2006

    

    There is a book named a philosophy of time travel. I own it, it was the hardest thing ive ever had to find. You can find it online but online its missing 5 chapters that you’ll never be able to see unless you actually find the book.

    P.S. There are less then 25 copies left in the world.

20. By nick on Apr 5, 2006

    

    D.D., you should put that book (with all of its chapters) on the internet or send it to me!

21. By Josh on Apr 17, 2006

    

    D.D. if you can get me a copy of this book online i can host the file.

22. By Josh on Apr 17, 2006

    

    D.D. forgot to mention if you can or see this post let me know and ill post some contact info.

23. By Kelson on Apr 17, 2006

    

    I suspect the post by “D.D.” was a joke, given that those are Donnie Darko’s initials…

24. By Sherar on Apr 24, 2006

    

    ummm … like Richard Kelly Said to the #1 Donnie Darko’s Fan in front of thousands of people …”hehehe” … there’s no such book … he made it all only for the movie

    P.S. that guy wasted a lot of time of his life searching for the fckin book and at the end there was no book … so dont do the same … search in google for the chapters available (the only ones that exist and will ever exist) … they are fckin interesting tough

    http://www.tonystuff.co.uk/darko-time.htm [edited to point to archive.org]

25. By ClickClick on May 12, 2006

    

    See, the funny thing is that the book realy does exist. Or will do. And if it ‘will do’, then it always has.
    It will look exactly like you want it to look and say exactly what you want it to say.
    This process is creating the book.
    You are creating the book.
    Its on its way, its already here.
    Create the idea - reality follows.
    Nature abhors a vacuum.

26. By skafer on May 15, 2006

    

    wow there is alot of people who realy like donnie darko .
    so (sherar) why the nasty words mate? . we are all into this and obviously want answers , theres no need to get all hot and bothered .if u want 2 say somthn why not say somthin nice or just say nothin at all ……?
    peace out darko fans if u open the right doors you will find the answers

27. By darko fan on Jun 3, 2006

    

    In the director’s cut of the movie in the commentary, the director says that there is no such book, people have suggested that he make one but he doesn’t have the time. He also said that he never will make the book. Much to the movie’s fan’s disappointment. i’ve found the chapters shown in the movie online like everyone else. the best version of it that i’ve found is:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_Time_Travel

    because it explains each section. i just wish that someone would post the page categorizing what each person is
    “The book ends here, save for a page of notes referencing the cast of the movie, and categorizing them into Receiver, and Manipulated Dead and The Manipulated Living.”

28. By dr. p on Jun 9, 2006

    

    before d.d. gets the book from his teacher you can see a book of stephen hawkins. maybe this is what youre all looking for.

    sometimes we cant see the forrest because of all the trees.
    so maybe there are things happening just infront of you and you,.. where are you? you are a prisoner of yourself, the world you create is just what you want to see? how can you be sure that the world that you see is the world that it is?

29. By Mordis on Jun 23, 2006

    

    The book some people are asking about (the teachers recommendation) is called “A Brief History Of Time” and yes, it is a real book.

30. By sabella on Aug 2, 2006

    

    hi i need to know if the philosophy of time travel is real .if its real where i could find it thank you

31. By Kelson on Aug 2, 2006

    

    Did you even read any of the comments?

    No, The Philosophy of Time Travel is not a real book (at least, the one from Donnie Darko isn’t). You can’t get it.

32. By FRANKS ANTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE EPITAPH on Sep 19, 2006

    

    The philospohy of time travel was talking about the tangent universe that we live in already, as seperate living time travelers through this forwards dimension. Think of tangent as your ‘my space’ and universe as in the my space ‘home page’. Roberta Sparrow could not have envisinged an alternate universe other than her own state of mind. I hope this helps you all on your journey and saves your head from spinning off into another dimension, and as you drop to the ground, your head falls from the sky and gets forcibly inserted BACK into your anus, along with life line exersize number 1. from Danny Donaldson’s No.1 fan. xx

33. By From the Future on Oct 23, 2006

    

    A good deal of work in the philosophy of time has been produced by people worried about Fatalism, which can be understood as the thesis that whatever will happen in the future is already unavoidable (where to say that an event is unavoidable is to say that no human is able to prevent it from occurring). A typical argument for fatalism is.

    -There exist now propositions about everything that might happen in the future.

    -Every proposition is either true or else false.

    -If (1) and (2), then there exists now a set of true propositions that, taken together, correctly predict everything that will happen in the future.

    -If there exists now a set of true propositions that, taken together, correctly predict everything that will happen in the future, then whatever will happen in the future is already unavoidable.

34. By betursweetass on Oct 30, 2006

    

    i just got done watching DD and decided to research for this book “the philosophy of time” and the sonofabitch DOES exist. live in denial if you wish on this matter but just remember that your thought will only effect you. dont express them upon others as a form of force

35. By Kelson on Oct 30, 2006

    

    Sources, please? Claim it exists all you want, but unless you can provide evidence, don’t expect people to believe you.

36. By Don Lapre Fan on Nov 1, 2006

    

    That Movie was a trip but a good one. It’s funny that the book in the movie is gaining so much attention (since it isn’t real)! It’s fun to read depates about it though.

37. By D Duhon on Dec 4, 2006

    

    Watch “What the Bleep Do We Know” to give you more ideas about time travel.

    Don

38. By urbanhobo on Dec 15, 2006

    

    is it possile to find ‘the destructors’ on its own? not in a short story collection?

39. By urbanhobo on Dec 15, 2006

    

    and unless some poser made his own, there is NO REAL p. of t.t. book. trust me, you’ll be able to track down kelly’s # and ask him before you ever find the ‘authentic’ book. and if you choose not to believe me, then i suggest you do just that; give richard kelly a call.

40. By Manowar on Dec 28, 2006

    

    Gilmore, G.M.
    The Philosophy of Time Travel
    M.A.Dissertation, 1997, Dalhousie University, Canada

    It’s a Masters Dissertation.

41. By Kelson on Dec 29, 2006

    

    The point, of course, isn’t whether something exists with that title. If that were the criterion, this blog post would be enough to qualify. As stated waaaay up in this comment thread, the book portrayed in the movie does not exist in full. Someone’s dissertation doesn’t count unless it’s all about the tangent universe, the artifact, the manipulated living, manipulated dead, etc. and contains the chapters which were used for the movie. Being written by Roberta Sparrow would help.

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