THE CHRONOTHON: A TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE
Literature 2015. Written by Nathan Van Coops.
Source Features: BBB (19) TIMELINE (4) MAP (2) OTHER (2) THEMES (1)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1A.S.P.BBBTransportationTime Travel

A.S.P.
Also known as Anchor Shot Pro, Dr. Quickly's special camera that he uses to track anchor objects.

2Academy of Temporal SciencesBBBResearch InstitutesInstitutes

Academy of Temporal Sciences
Also known as ATS.

3Allied Scientific Coalition of Time Trav...BBBOrganizationsProfessional Organizations

Allied Scientific Coalition of Time Travelers
Also known as ASCOTT. They're what you might call the leadership of the time travel community.

4Ambrose CybergenicsBBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

Ambrose Cybergenics
Chronothon sponsor that holds the oiiginal patent for tracing, the process of reading time travelers' timestream signatures from the gravitites in their bodies.

5The Ascension GunBBBGoodsSporting Goods

The Ascension Gun
The time traveler's high tech version of a grappling hook.

6Bellini & PhillipsBBBFinancial CompaniesFinancial Services

Bellini & Phillips
Mob bank with whom Ben unknowingly signed a contract.

7ChronometerBBBTransportationTime Travel

Chronometer
Dr. Quickly's time travel device, worn on wrist like a watch.

8DegravitizerBBBTransportationTime Travel

Degravitizer
One of Dr. Quickly's inventions that removes gravitites from inanimate objects.

9Digi-ComBBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

Digi-Com
Chronothon sponsor.

10Digi-lensesBBBTechnology ProductsAudiovisual Devices

Digi-lenses
Cpmputer glasses that Milo is wearing when Ben meets him, which he calls "old tech", though he grew up in the 2140s.

11The Journal of Dr. Harold QuicklyBBBLiteratureBiographies

The Journal of Dr. Harold Quickly
Dr. Quickly's journal, which he gave to Ben in the first book of the series, In Times Like These.

12McSweeney's Traveling CircusBBBAmusementCircuses

McSweeney's Traveling Circus
Circus in Pucketsville.

13Organism GunBBBWeaponsGuns

Organism Gun
Jonah's dad's invention that makes people feel like they're having thirty-minute organisms, also known as orgasms, in their minds.

14St. Petersburg Temporal Studies SocietyBBBResearch InstitutesInstitutes

St. Petersburg Temporal Studies Society
Dr. Quickly's institute.

15T.P.T.BBBTechnology ProductsCommunication Devices

T.P.T.
Tachyon Pulse Transmitter. It's like a telephone for time travelers.

16Temprovibe 5BBBTransportationTime Travel

Temprovibe 5
Viznir's chronometer. It's got much faster grid link times than the previous models, but it functions gridless as well. It also has a built-in spectrometer for reading the timestream you're in and it will auto-lock if you're not making good contact with your anchor.

17Time GateBBBTransportationTime Travel

Time Gate
Geo takes Ben through his first time gate on his way to his mother's house.

18United MachineBBBCorporationsTechnology Companies

United Machine
Chronothon sponsor.

19Wittgenstein ManeuverBBBTransportationTime Travel

Wittgenstein Maneuver
Time travel technique.

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE
20August 29, 1966Dates20th Century: 60sEvents

August 29, 1966
Ben and Mym attend the Beatles' last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

21July 16, 1969Dates20th Century: 60sEvents

July 16, 1969
Ben and Mym watch the launch of the Apollo 11 rocket in Florida.

22May 18, 1973Dates20th Century: 70sEvents

May 18, 1973
Ben and Mym arrive in Brooklyn 1973, where Mym picks up a pair of purple suede roller skates at a thrift store. The couple head to Italian restaurant Angelina's on Mulberry Street, but a vagrant stumbles into Ben, dragging him into the future.

23May 19, 1973Dates20th Century: 70sEvents

May 19, 1973
Geo picks Ben up and takes him to his mother's house, where Ben agrees to participate in the Chronothon.

MAKE BELIEVE MAP
24The NeverwhereMapWorldsMiscellaneous Places

The Neverwhere
Where time travelers end up when jumping without an anchor.

25PucketsvilleMapUrban AreasCities-U.S.

Pucketsville
Small town, current location of McSweeney's Traveling Circus.

OTHER
26GravititeOtherMatterSubstances

Gravitite
Particles that exist free of time. Once they become a part of you, time is forced to release its hold on your destiny.

27Untitled OtherThemesWolf


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