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Goonch

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11. How about....
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:55 PM
Feb 2026

"Same Time Next Year"
by Neal Shusterman.
It was famously published in the horror anthology Bruce Coville's Book of Spine Tinglers II
(1996).

.
"Elias punched the coordinates for
1924 into the brass console, desperate to see his grandmother one last time. He pulled the lever, expecting the smell of ozone and the sight of her garden; instead, he was met with an absolute, crushing silence .
When the flash faded, there was no garden. There was no air. Through the reinforced glass of his pod, Elias stared at the cold, indifferent glow of distant nebulae [3]. He hadn't accounted for galactic drift—while he had traveled back a century in time, the Earth had continued its relentless orbit around the Sun, and the Sun had continued its 500,000-mile-per-hour sprint around the Milky Way.

He had reached the right time, but the Earth was billions of miles away . He was a ghost in the vacuum, a man who had forgotten that in the universe, you can never go back to the same place twice"

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In one of the St. Mary's books Max and Eddy leave 18th century London in a hurry end up at the beginning of time. Srkdqltr Feb 2026 #1
Got any more details? Goonch Feb 2026 #2
Well, I read it ages ago, so it had to have been written as early as mid 20th century. raccoon Feb 2026 #3
I mean details in the story Goonch Feb 2026 #4
Sorry, I can't remember. THanks. raccoon Feb 2026 #5
Not to beat a dead horse but: Was the main character male or female ..... Goonch Feb 2026 #6
It was a man, a short story in a collection of short stories. raccoon Feb 2026 #9
How about.... Goonch Feb 2026 #11
Goonch, where did you get that quote? I've looked at a number of web pages about that story, and highplainsdem Feb 2026 #12
That might've been it fits all the criteria. raccoon Feb 2026 #13
Raccoon, that's the same title and author I gave you earlier, with links to 4 web pages about it. But the highplainsdem Feb 2026 #14
You're right. It was. raccoon Feb 2026 #16
Goonch, I really would appreciate your explaining where you got that quote. If it's from a website, highplainsdem Feb 2026 #15
You're right. AI confessed.....your point is well taken! Goonch Feb 2026 #17
Thank you, so much, for explaining what happened! I thought it could be a chatbot, but without highplainsdem Feb 2026 #19
You may quote my posts in context if you also quote entirely my following inquiry to and responce from Google AI Goonch Feb 2026 #20
I'm just going to summarize what happened, because with that long message you just posted from that highplainsdem Feb 2026 #21
Had to ask ;-{) Goonch Feb 2026 #23
Thanks! It can be hard to keep track of all the various AI and chatbot models. highplainsdem Feb 2026 #24
Here's the link to my OP in General Discussion: highplainsdem Feb 2026 #22
The Google AI provided this... marcopolo63 Feb 2026 #7
I'm pretty sure drmeow Feb 14 #25
Possibly Neal Shusterman's "Same Time Next Year" - though the time travel is to the future: highplainsdem Feb 2026 #8
Thank you all! raccoon Feb 2026 #10
highplainsdem is correct. AI fabricated Goonch Feb 2026 #18
I don't know that one, but... pandr32 Feb 14 #26
What about the book by Jack Finney? About time kimbutgar Feb 14 #27
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