But science fiction, from Isaac Asimov and Poul Anderson to “Back to the Future,” has often asked what if we could really change the past, and thus the present, using the magic of time travel? At their best, such stories combine the appeal of good historical fiction with futuristic speculation, which is certainly the case with Annalee Newitz’s provocative second novel, following her 2017 “Autonomous.” Set partly in the punk Southern California of 1992, partly in a somewhat ominous and slightly dystopian 2022, and partly in other historical eras - mostly Chicago in 1893 - it outlines a near-epic battle for control of the timelines (none of which, by the way, are our own). “Editing the past” commonly means rewriting the narrative to celebrate certain people or values and - sometimes - to render others almost invisible.
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