![]() ![]() The next day Yu rushes back to his time machine, sees his future self exit his machine, and shoots his future self. He watches a holographic version of himself and his mother interact as she serves dinner. He walks around in the city while his TM-31 is being repaired and visits his mother who is in a time loop in which she continually replays an hour of her life. Yu is called in by his boss, Phil, to have his time machine serviced. Yu explains to her that because she wasn't present when it happened, she cannot stay. Yu also visits a girl who traveled to be with her grandmother as she died. He visits Linus Skywalker who tried to kill his father, Luke Skywalker because his father's fame overshadowed Linus's life. Yu travels through Minor Universe 31 fixing time machines of people who try to fix the past. He lives in his TM-31 time machine with his non-existent dog, Ed, and the time machine's depressed computer, TAMMY. The novel centers on Charles Yu, a time machine mechanic. ![]() It was named the year's second best science fiction novel by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas -runner up for the annual Campbell Memorial Award. ![]() It also includes themes about life and how we live especially with respect to time, memories, and creation of the self. ![]() The novel revolves around a search for a father and the father-son relationship. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe is a 2010 novel by American writer Charles Yu. ![]()
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