Jaclyn the Ripper

Time After Time #2

by Karl Alexander

In Time After Time , H.G. Wells used his time machine to chase after Jack the Ripper who was on a killing spree in 1979 San Francisco. After H.G. met Amy Catherine Robbins, the love of his life, and banished the serial killer to the indefinite future, H.G. and Amy returned to 1893 London, believing they could live happily ever after.

But that wasn't the end of the story. In Jaclyn the Ripper, Amy returns to the present to tell her parents what happened to their missing daughter, accidentally freeing Jack from his prison in the far future while also transforming Jack into a woman. Jaclyn the Ripper sets out on a new killing spree in 2010 Los Angeles, vowing revenge on H.G. and Amy.

H.G. follows Amy to modern L.A., but neither he nor Amy knows Jaclyn is on their trail. In the brave new world of the new millennium, H.G. must navigate a world of cell phones, the internet, and identity theft and find his wayward wife . . . before the Ripper slays her. With the panache, excitement, and thrills that made Time After Time so popular, Karl Alexander has penned another winning tale of author, inventor, and unlikely hero.



At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Genres: Time Travel, Science Fiction, Mystery, Fiction

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Sandi *~The Pirate Wench~* · Rating 4 out of 5]

I must say I went into this book without high hopes,seeing other readers ratings. But because I enjoyed Time After Time so much ,I just had to find out "what happened after" when I saw there was a sequel.In the first book,we had Jack desperate to escape with Scotland yard not far at his heels,and he steals H.G.Wells time machine,he then starts on a whole new killing spree in 1979,until Wells tracks him down and sent him to the end of time.Wells also found love,and brought Amy Robbins back home to turn of the century England. Now years have passed,and Amy missing her family,secretly uses her husband's time machine to visit 2010 Los Angeles. Somehow,this trip of hers frees the Ripper from his far-future prison,twisting his fate and transforming "Jack" to "Jaclyn". Now one may think this is too far-fetched,but for me it worked as I found Jack being turned into a female and reading about how he had to deal with it, that justice was served. And since now H.G. is on his way to find his wife and return her home...how will he know that Jack unleashed once again is now "Jaclyn" instead? That itself kept me reading to find out how the author would play this out.Jaclyn the Ripper,still mad,still bent on killing,and most of all out to put an end to Amy and H.G. for ruining his plans and life. H.G. who is unaware that Jack/Jaclyn is back again,sets out to track down Amy and encounters much "mishap" and new adventures in 2010.
Again the Author grabbed me and pulled me into his story. And again it was such a pleasure(killing aside) to see how H.G. managed in this time of 2010 as compared to when he was last here in 1979,
and seeing it once again threw his eyes.Will he find Amy in time? Will he finally put an end to Jack? And how does Amber Reeves(new character) fit into his life? (which by the way,in true life she was one of his affairs and had a daughter with her) With all the excitement,thrills,suspense,and down right laughable moments I enjoyed in the first book,this author has penned another captivating tale of H.G. Wells..inventor..author..and a most unlikely but lovable hero.

[Dennis Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all books time travel so when I saw Jaclyn The Ripper in my bookstore I snatched it up. Many who have read the book seem very critical but I try to enjoy a book just for the story. Yes, I am critical at times but in this case I find nothing wrong with the book. The cover caught my eye; the print and spacing made it easy to read. I often ask people where and when they'd like to go if they could hop on HG's time machine. I wouldn't mind visiting London in 1907.

I have been editing fiction for 12 years and I am happy to say Ripper has few editing errors, finally a read with almost no errors! Most of the books I have read are poorly written at best and some are so bad I never finish reading them. I will read Time After Time even though I should have read it first.

Please take the time to read Jaclyn The Ripper, you won't be disappointed and try not to pay too much attention to prior reviews. And if you love time travel as much as I do, be sure to read Jack Finney's books, including About Time and Time and Again.

[Rob Leininger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, but somewhat confused and therefore confusing. At one point, the "hero" tells his wife to "RUN," and in the next scene she's strolling along, not running, and there's no sign whatsoever that she's panicked or that she was told to run. In fact, "she slipped the cell phone in her pocket and started back for her bike, happy like a girl in a melodrama." It's as if the author forgot that the hero, H.G. Wells, told Amy (H.G.'s wife) to RUN! It was also a rather gory story, but then, it was Jack The Ripper. Excellent writing, but a plot with quite a few annoying holes.

[Phylicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are details in the book that I guess you could call "spoilers." I don't think it is interesting.

Anyway, I LOVE the book except I do not think it is realistic near the end of the book for H.G. Wells to ride a motorcycle as if he is Evel Knievel or something. At least the crashing part was realistic.

I'm not saying why I am bummed about the ending, but if you read it, you will know why.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amy, who married H.G. Wells after his trip to 1979, is keen to visit her parents in the future and uses the time machine to return to San Francisco.

Unfortunately, an accident releases Jack the Ripper from his eternal prison and, in a new body, he unleashes his terror on modern San Francisco once more.

An interesting sequel to 'Time After Time', with an excellent sense of being a fish out of water as both Wells and Amy face a bold new future.

[Will G · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this because I really enjoyed the previous story from this author, Time After Time (both the book and the movie). This sequel was somewhat disappointing. The protagonist, Jack The Ripper, had been dealt at the end of the first book. The manner in which the character returns was just a step to far in particular given how/what returned, Jaclyn. Beyond that it was kind of a typical thriller and kept my interest. But the initial book was significantly better..

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good read. I didn't read the first book so I don't know how him and Amy meet and why they are so attached to each other but it kept my attention. I would have like him to be with Amber instead of Amy.

[Chuck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jaclyn the Ripper is a sequel to Time After Time, and it is another captivating tale. H. G. Wells travels through time chasing his wife, only to encounter Jack the Ripper. But Jack has a twist!

It is a thoroughly enjoyable story of time travel, romance and devious murders!

[Denny]

NOOK

[Julie Lynch-allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

By the author of Time After Time, this sequel is a gender-bending flex on its predecessor. Thoroughly enjoyable, a popcorn book in a fast-paced police procedural.

[Beth Jono · Rating 1 out of 5]

Some books don’t need a sequel and that’s ok

[Jordan Buchanan]

Took me back to the original "Time After Time" Novel and the movie that I loved. Got to meet David Warner and Malcolm McDowell a few years ago. They were very entertaining. Clearly they had worked together a long time and enjoyed making this film so many years ago. I look forward to the new TV series starting this month. I also hope for another book but that will be up to Mr. Alexander I am sure.

[Robert 'Rev. Bob' · Rating 4 out of 5]

While I've read the book, I always think of Time After Time in terms of the movie. It's one of my enduring favorites, and three decades later I still think of the fast-food place with the golden arches as "McDougal's."

So, imagine my delight at the news of a sequel. Jaclyn takes place thirty-one years later (or thirteen, depending on how you count), when a 1906 prediction of disaster sends Amy rushing back home to warn her family. Unfortunately, the trip has the side effects of reconstituting Jack the Ripper - as a lovely (but still-murderous) woman - and stranding both of them in 2010. H.G. Wells to the rescue!

Many of my favorite notes from the previous story are reprised this time around, with the technology upgraded accordingly. We also find that the last thirteen years have not been paradise for Amy and Herbert, which adds some urgency to Wells's quest to recover his wife. Surprisingly, we also get significant insight (psychological and medical) into Jack/Jaclyn's character.

All in all, this story was a fitting conclusion to the Ripper's story, and while I do not expect to see one, a third visit from H.G.'s time machine would be more than welcome.

[Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable sequel to Time After Time. In this one, H.G. Wells must follow his wife Amy back to the year 2010 after she decides that she must go there to warn her parents of a potential earthquake in that year. Her parents have moved from San Francisco to Beverly Hills and the time machine just happens to be in Los Angeles on exhibit. But when Amy traveled to 2010, she inadvertently went to infinity first and this enabled Jack the Ripper to return as well. However, Jack has been transformed into a woman, the titular Jaclyn. From there, the book has a lot of similarities to Time After Time with Jaclyn out to get Wells and Amy and obtain the key that will allow him/her to use the time machine at will. A lot of bloodshed along the way as Jaclyn terrorizes modern day LA. These books do draw heavily on Wells' real life including his marriage to Amy and his subsequent trysts with other women. One of these was named Amber Reeves who was also a character in this book. See Wells article at Wikipedia. Overall, I would recommend this just slightly less than Time.

[Richard · Rating 1 out of 5]

I saw Time After Time (and read the book) when I was 13. And although I saw some corniness in it even then, I still really enjoyed the hell out of it. I mean, c'mon, H.G. Wells chases Jack the Ripper through 70's San Fran! That's fun stuff.

Unfortunately, Jaclyn is a silly mess. The (few) parts that kind of work are recycled from the first story, and the rest of it is sexist and just odd, psychologically. Not good-odd, more like wondering-what-kind-of-issues-Karl-Alexander-has-odd.

I think one's time would be better spent reading (or re-reading) Time After Time. Or watching the movie. The effects are crap, but the performances hold up.

[Trin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Okay, sometimes this thing were I get a lot of free books through my work can be both a blessing and a curse. Because often, something like this will fall into my lap totally gratis, and while I would never actually buy it, when I haven't paid I'm all, “Haha, omg: it's time travel genderfuck RPF! This I have to read! It's gonna be hilarious!”

Um, no, it's not. It will be misogynistic and gross, though. *time travels, switches sex, and pats past!self on the head* Have fun, kid.

[Cynthia Fry · Rating 3 out of 5]

First suggestion, don't put the summary of the first novel on the flap cover of the second. I picked this up thinking it was the first and finding it a sequel. I will have to pick up the first now to read the story I thought I would be reading.

I did not like how one of the female protaganists changed character abruptly about a third of the way into the book. His only truly strong female character was the killer. I feel that I had missed something by not reading the first.

Although I did not hate the book, it had it's serious belief suspension moments.

[Christine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mr. Alexander wrote the original TIME AFTER TIME made into the movie about H.G. Wells and Jack the Ripper traveling through time to late 1970’s Los Angeles. In this sequel the chase through time is on again thirty years later, but with a twist. Jack the Ripper has materialized out of the time machine as a woman. It was an okay read but was basically a rehash of the original with a gender twist.

[A.J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A deserving sequel to one of my favourite novels, Time After Time. If you can swallow the somewhat mad concept of Jack the Ripper returning from infinity as a woman, you may be swept up by Karl Alexander's balance of neo-Gothic, cod-Edwardian romance and chase thriller, with a hint of steampunk science-fiction lurking beneath. It does tread similar beats to its predecessor, and does jump around a touch narratively, but it's a fun story well told, and nicely updated with a modern sheen.

[Leo · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you haven't read Karl Alexander's TIME AFTER TIME, you may have seen the movie: H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper into 20th Century San Francisco (w/ Malcolm McDowellm David Warner, and Mary Steenburgen), both charming works. Was the sequel necessary: Jack the Ripper turns into a woman and resumes terrorizing the 20th Century. It's a pleasant enough book, it won't insult your intelligence but the original is better.

[Vex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book in the local library and read it not knowing that there was a prequel (Time After Time).

Actually found this book to be quite a fun ride - sometimes it was a little "hokey", but overall a great read for anyone looking for a splash into the past. I'd really like to actually read the first book of this story.

[Michelle · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn't get all the way through this book, and eventually just gave up. It's not that it isn't good, really, but it just never grabbed my attention, and life is too short to read books that don't grab a hold of me and refuse to let go.

[Karmen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great premise but disappointed by execution.

[Justinia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't go on after the second or third chapter. Conceivably it gets better, but I wasn't willing to risk it.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent, pacy sequel to the 1979 book and movie "Time After Time".

[Neal W · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting concept. Sort of worked for me but nothing earth shattering. Kind of an overly violent book IMO

[Mike B · Rating 2 out of 5]

the ending was too clean and simple, so much time building the story to have it end so quickly, no meat to the novel.