In the '70s or '80s I read a story, or stories, about a person who is dislocated in time and somehow called upon to solve various problems
Whenever he changes the “past” he lives in, he loses his memory, and in order to cope with this situation he writes notes to himself
It seems like such a series, if it exists, would have been cited by critics as an influence on later works like Quantum Leap and Memento, but I can’t find any reference to it anywhere
Yes, in Analog, with the catch-phrase “May the future be kind”.
Basically Quantum Leap used the same idea, with the addition of Al and Ziggy to bring out internal dialog where the audience can see it, and Sam inhabiting the body of the historical person he landed in in different times.
If the author, who I don’t recall, had Harlan Ellison’s lawyers, they would have extracted a hefty settlement.
It’s a sequel so at least they can do something to bring Scott back to tie the original series better as that ending really effing sucked.
Maybe Scott Bakula could take on the role?
It was James E. Gunn
The stories are in a collection called Crisis
That would be brilliant.
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