Time travel is a common theme or trope in science fiction, and possibly other speculative fiction, mainly since the late nineteenth century, depicted across a variety of media including literature, television and film. The genre built around this theme is sometimes called time-travel fiction, chrono fiction, temporal fiction or chrono opera.
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Place of OriginTime-slip narratives predate the mechanical time travel Wells popularized, an early example being Washington Irving's 1819 story Rip Van Winkle, whose time-travel mechanism is an extraordinarily long sleep. 1 Notable ExampleH. G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine popularized the idea of time travel by mechanical means. 1 Defining TraitTime travel as a recurring theme or trope, mainly in science fiction, depicted across literature, television and film since the late 19th century. 1 Defining Trait Connections
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Time travel is a common theme or trope in science fiction and possibly other speculative fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, and film.
body text on H. G. Wells' The Time Machine
The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularized in H. G. Wells' 1895 story, The Time Machine.
Mechanisms, Time slip subsection, on Washington Irving's 1819 Rip Van Winkle
The idea of a time slip has been used in 19th century fantasy, an early example being Washington Irving's 1819 Rip Van Winkle, where the mechanism of time travel is an extraordinarily long sleep.
Lead paragraph, defining sentence
Time travel is a common theme or trope in science fiction and possibly other speculative fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, and film.
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