The Iterations of Caroline

Roy Blomstrom

“We leave the old self behind and become someone else. And always we are what we are, not who or what we’ve been, and not who or what we will become.” Like all good speculative fiction, The Iterations of Caroline reveals that the big questions arising from science fiction environments are the very ones we grapple with right here in our so-called singular reality. When David Williamson accidentally shifts into a parallel universe very similar to his own, he meets Caroline and the menacing Rey, and triggers a cat-and-mouse chase across the multiverse. Beginning and ending right here in Thunder Bay, Blomstrom’s story is an intriguing exploration of quantum entanglement, emotional pixelation, composite memory, and the splintered self that can access the thoughts and intelligence of its other selves. As David asks, “How much of me would have to change before

I’m not me anymore?” Part philosophy, part quantum physics, part hardboiled mystery, and part love story, The

Iterations of Caroline is worth the read.