Hi everyone,
I'm new here and just finished reading this fabulous book.
With all of Jake and Al's travels up and down the Rabbit Hole, I started wondering...
#1: Let's say Jake goes down the Rabbit Hole while Al is hanging out in his diner. Then for whatever reason, Al goes down the Rabbit Hole while Jake is still there. Since Al has caused a reset, does that mean Jake simply ceases to exist?
#2: No matter how much time passes in the past, only two minutes elapse in the present time while Jake is down the Rabbit Hole. Which means that when Jake went down the first time he killed Frank Dunning, Al was only waiting for him for two minutes. But what if Frank had killed Jake? Would Al see the time tick past the two minute mark and realize something was wrong?
#3: If Jake had decided to forget about saving JFK and just live in the past with Sadie, there would eventually be two Jakes when his date of birth rolled around. And then what? Jake II would meet Al and be recruited to save JFK (since Jake I decided not to). What would happen if Jake I and Jake II ran into each other in the past?
Those are my hypotheticals - forgive me if I'm overthinking this.
Now, my question. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the meaning of the alternative 2011 that Jake returns to. I *think* he finds that the world has gone to **** not because of JFK living, but because all the trips down the Rabbit Hole have destroyed reality. If that is the case, how is it that Jake was able to put things right by yet another trip down the Rabbit Hole? Wouldn't that just create another string and hasten the end of the world?
I'm new here and just finished reading this fabulous book.
With all of Jake and Al's travels up and down the Rabbit Hole, I started wondering...
#1: Let's say Jake goes down the Rabbit Hole while Al is hanging out in his diner. Then for whatever reason, Al goes down the Rabbit Hole while Jake is still there. Since Al has caused a reset, does that mean Jake simply ceases to exist?
#2: No matter how much time passes in the past, only two minutes elapse in the present time while Jake is down the Rabbit Hole. Which means that when Jake went down the first time he killed Frank Dunning, Al was only waiting for him for two minutes. But what if Frank had killed Jake? Would Al see the time tick past the two minute mark and realize something was wrong?
#3: If Jake had decided to forget about saving JFK and just live in the past with Sadie, there would eventually be two Jakes when his date of birth rolled around. And then what? Jake II would meet Al and be recruited to save JFK (since Jake I decided not to). What would happen if Jake I and Jake II ran into each other in the past?
Those are my hypotheticals - forgive me if I'm overthinking this.
Now, my question. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the meaning of the alternative 2011 that Jake returns to. I *think* he finds that the world has gone to **** not because of JFK living, but because all the trips down the Rabbit Hole have destroyed reality. If that is the case, how is it that Jake was able to put things right by yet another trip down the Rabbit Hole? Wouldn't that just create another string and hasten the end of the world?