that his every action will be observed from the future as part of his trial. The Light of Other Days, a novel by Stephen Baxter in which wormhole technology is shown to have much the same consequences as the chronoscope. "Paycheck", a short story by Philip K. Dick first published in 1953 (three years before "The Dead Past") about a machine which views the future. The story was adapted to film as Paycheck (2003). "The Minority Report", a short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1956 (the same year as "The Dead Past"), also uses the concept of "chronoscopy", or viewing of the very recent past, in order to spy on people who might plan crimes; both involve extrapolation about the very near future. The story was adapted to film as Minority Report. I See You, a short story by Damon Knight published in 1976, is set in a world just after Asimov's story ends, where cheap chronoscopes (or Ozo's, as Damon Knight calls them), are in use by everyone, although in this short story any time in the past can be viewed. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus, a novel by Orson Scott Card published in 1996, features the use of chronoscopes and the limitations imposed for privacy and/or government secrecy. Hindsight, a detective novel by Giles Scott, first published in 2010, which visualises a world in which "retro-viewing" (chronoscopy) is just beginning to be used by the police, while the general public struggles to come to terms with the societal disruption it causes. Punic religion and Tophet - having much to do with the story's background Devs a TV series with an almost identical plot. References External links "The Dead Past" on the Internet Archive Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov D 1956 short stories Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Carthage