He found it unsettling to know that everyone he spoke with would soon be dead, and that helped shape his novel.
Time Salvager was inspired by a dream in which Chu was sent back in time to steal a diamond from the Titanic. “You either kill Hitler, prevent Yoko Ono from breaking up the Beatles, or make a lot of money.” “What do you do with time travel?” says Chu.
If it’s actually possible to make money from time travel, hordes of people would likely jump at the chance, which is why the idea features prominently in science fiction. “But if you jump to moments before a disaster, you can cover your tracks.” “The number one rule for time travel should be that you don’t change the timeline,” Chu says in Episode 160 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
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