--All You Zombies--

[vinutheraj]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%80%94All_You_Zombies%E2%80%94

[mkyc]

http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html (story link, without spoiler)

Also read: http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/scifi/byhisbootstraps.html

[Vivtek → mkyc]

I've heard of By His Bootstraps but it appears I had never actually read it - thanks!

[vinutheraj]

Here's the story - http://ieng9.ucsd.edu/~mfedder/zombies.html

It's a real fun story exploring the peculiar paradoxes of time travel :), where a man becomes his own father and mother and son :D !!

[michaelkeenan → vinutheraj]

That could have used a spoiler warning vinutheraj.

[amethyst → michaelkeenan]

The entire Wikipedia article posted is a giant spoiler...

[rbanffy → amethyst]

Folks... It's not the destination that matters, but the journey.

That said, some people would prefer to figure out what is going on by themselves.

[amethyst → rbanffy]

I'm just pointing out that the original comment was no more of a spoiler than the article all these comments are posting about. It would have been different if the post was pointing to the story, and someone dropped the Wikipedia article/spoiler in a comment there.

[vinutheraj → michaelkeenan]

Hmm, well I knew what I did was not the best way, but I thought if I just linked the story, not many people would read the whole thing ! So I thought this was the best way to reach out to a larger audience, give them a summary of the story.

[jws]

Appears as Escape Pod episode 200: http://escapepod.org/2009/07/02/ep-200-all-you-zombies/ for people that would rather listen than read.

[iman]

Here is the previous discussion of this at hacker news:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=328833

[jcsalterego]

A while back I read Michio Kaku's _Hyperspace_, which makes mention of this short story but not by name. Thanks!

[rikthevik]

Well, even if it wasn't totally original, the Futurama where Fry becomes his own grandfather was hilarious.

[RevRal]

Ah, perfect for a lazy Saturday morning.

Thank you.