[Talk] Heinlein, Bradbury, old age

[Mike Roach]

Nick Simicich wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 09:56, Kwan Lowe wrote:
>> In my doddering old age I've forgotten the name of a story, and the author, but I
>> remember the plot:
>>
>> Inventor creates a time machine. He uses it to do tricks and transport little
>> objects. Then he finds out that each time he does this, he's destroying a star
>> system and probably billions of people.
> 
> I can tell you that this is not a Heinlein story - I've read all of
> Heinlein and I don't remember  his time machine stories including one
> with this plot. Does not sound like his style, anyway. His style was
> more like, "yes, if someone was their own grandpa, the time line is
> looped and you just better get over it and have sex with grandma, or
> things really will be screwed up". (Time Enough for Love, All You
> Zombies, The Number of The Beast, By His Bootstraps).

Sounds maybe like one of Herbert's Calabans stories but I don't remember 
one involving time travel.