> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Lias [mailto:anrwlias at hotmail.com] > On the other hand, Ellison kicked up major stinks over "Back > to the Future" > (which he thought too similar to _Time Enough for Love_) and > Terminator > Personally, I thought both comparisons ludicrous [1], but it > goes to show > [1] The *only* similarities I see are that TEfL is a time > travel story where > the protagonist visits his own mother, and that DwaGH is a > story about a > soldier from the future. Beyond that, IMO, all similarities > end. Marty, > from BttF did not, for instance, actually have sex with his mom. I would never have imagined a similarity between _Back to the Future_ and _Time Enough for Love_. They totally different in flavor. I like both (up to a point), but for different reasons. I can't think of any other parallels than you've already pointed out. Really, I don't regard _Time Enough for Love_ as being a "time travel" story, even though "time travel" was in the story, it played a small important role, but nearly as significant to the plot as time travel was for Back to the Future. I can't comment on DwaGH, I've never read the story.