false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256139857m/3744307.jpg 21608 8 Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when, while measuring subtle quantum forces that relate to time changes in gravity and electromagnetic force, his calibrator disappears—and reappears, one second later. In fact, every time Matt hits the reset button, the machine goes missing twelve times longer. After tinkering with the calibrator, Matt is convinced that what he has in his possession is a time machine. And by simply attaching a metal box to it, he learns to send things through time—including a pet-store turtle, which comes back no worse for wear. With a dead-end job and a girlfriend who has left him for another man, Matt has nothing to lose by taking a time machine trip himself. So he borrows an old card, stocks it with food and water, and ends up in the near future—under arrest for the murder of the car's original owner, who dropped dead after seeing Matt disappear before his eyes. The only way to beat the rap is to keep time traveling until he finds a place in time safe enough to stop for good. But such a place may not exist... 22743 book 1998 The Accidental Time Machine total:629|5:70|4:246|3:240|2:63|1:10| 629 2190 943 182 3744307 0441016162 9780441016167 36 16 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256139857m/3744307.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3744307.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 9 false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 06:01:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 13:33:34 -0700 2009 1 3.4 stars

A very quick read for me. A time travel tale with vaguely described quantum physics (string theory and gravitons) and shallow character development. A satisfying ending, but too happy and convenient with a dash of poetic or ironic justice to appeal to me. The religious aspect...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 3 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 08:16:49 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 17:18:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 2 4 true Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 14:47:14 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:04:41 -0700 2009
***SPOILER***
Th...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 2 false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 08:22:37 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 15:26:50 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 16:40:31 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 13:47:20 -0700 2007
Maybe it's because I recently watched the time travel movie Primer, but the invention/discovery of the time machine seemed a little trite (this box was designed to do x, but it's actually a tim...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 1 false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 23:47:04 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 23:05:19 -0700 2009 This was the SciFi selection for the Goodreads SciFi and Fantasy Book Club for the month of June 2009. Visit this link to see all of the discussions, group member reviews, etc.

This is old school science fiction. Very clever, nicely thought-out hard-scifi plausibility, and very light on c...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 5 2 false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 21:03:21 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 21:07:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 4 2 false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 09:44:06 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 14:52:40 -0700 2008 The Forever War in terms of scope & central character focus. The hero is pretty much instantly likable and it has a nice denouement at the end.

It'll be a quick read for you--finished it in one day, but that shouldn't detract fr...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 4 2 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 09:36:37 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 09:39:47 -0800 2007 The Door Into Summer where the story goes full circle. Still there was a happy endi...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 12:40:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:40:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 2 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:33:22 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 09:54:41 -0800 2009
Coincidentally, I was recently talking about a Poul Anderson short story, "Flight to Forever", which has some resemblance to this novel.

The basic premise is similar with some twists. Matt, a grad student at MIT, accident...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 14:28:28 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 14:39:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 4 0 false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 09:49:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 09:55:46 -0700 2009
A man joins the army and, because of successively longer relativistic jumps, experiences the slow evolution of the human race and society over hundreds or thous...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 4 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 08:06:43 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 22:10:35 -0700 2009 The Man Who Folded Himself but never quite made that trip. It would have been fine with me if it had, but one of those is probably enough.

What we have here instead is a playful use of a not-quite-MacGuffin (...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 1 true Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 06:15:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 06:10:43 -0700 2009
Haldeman's writing style is fluid and moves at a fast pace. He provides a great hook at the opening an...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 0 false Fri Oct 30 17:03:13 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 16:28:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3744307 0441016162 9780441016167 36 16 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256139857m/3744307.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3744307.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 2 8 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 13:00:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 08:13:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3744307 0441016162 9780441016167 36 16 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256139857m/3744307.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3744307.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 2 4 false Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 07:14:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 22:59:14 -0700 2009 **A spoiler or two follow, but nothing that will wreck The Accidental Time Machine. At least I don't think they will.**

The Accidental Time Machine is a pretty disappointing piece of Sci-Fi, but then my expectations were probably too high.

I've heard great things about Joe Haldeman...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:16:18 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 11:21:37 -0800 2009 forward in b) temporal/spatial jumps that follow a highly predictable pattern. Once he realizes what he has, he of course tries it out on him...more...]]> 21608 0441014992 9780441014996 582 164 3.48 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167322712m/21608.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21608.The_Accidental_Time_Machine 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:41:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 22:24:36 -0700 2009
However, The Accidental Time M...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3744307