Time Travel and Harry Potter

BY: Richard H. Jones

I’m a fan of the Harry Potter books and movies, so I was eager to review this book. The author Richard Jones is a fan of Harry Potter, too, and has written this Literary Criticism/Philosophy book. While reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azakaban by J. K. Rowling, Richard, and many other fans wondered, how does time travel work in the novel?

The author goes in detail about different time travel/time-line scenarios that could explain how Harry and Hermione changed the past with the Time-Turning. Richard also examines the time-line events that occurred in the novel from 8:55 PM to 11:55 PM causing there to be two different versions of Harry and Hermione, one version is in the regular timeline while the other version came from another part of time to change the events. How can all this be possible?

Most science fiction novels, suggest that time is fixed and cannot be changed. Then, how did Harry and Hermione change the events? And how could Hermione use the Time-Turner over and over again to get to class without making multiple copies of her? The author answers theses questions and much more?

It’s been years since I have read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, but I have seen the movie numerous times. I never thought much about the time traveling in it, until I read Time Travel and Harry Potter. The author easily explains how the time travel works in the Potterverse. I found this to be an interesting read and recommend it to Harry Potter fans.