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When I was a little girl, there was a show on TV called The Time Tunnel. It was one of my favorites. Those time travelers were so cute. Later on, I fell in love with H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. My favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone and Star Trek involved time travel. I even used to watch those old Dr. Who shows on PBS and want to go traveling with the Doctor in the Tardis.
Time Travelers Never Die is an old-fashioned time travel novel that reminds me a lot of those time traveling shows in t ...more
Time Travelers Never Die is an old-fashioned time travel novel that reminds me a lot of those time traveling shows in t ...more
This stand-alone novel uses the time travel model where all attempts at change turn out to have been what really happened in the first place. No changes to history can happen and no dividing up into multiple universes. In this deterministic universe, accidental time travelers Shel and Dave find themselves entangled in both past and future events including the march on Selma, the library at Alexandria, and the death of Socrates. Very engaging logical puzzles, believable characters, but somehow it
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Jan 25, 2025
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6.5/10
This was a fun romp through history, a whole lot of time travel, and several glaring weaknesses.
The lack of preparation prior to visiting various time periods just would not have worked, and showing photographs to ancient Greeks or medieval Europeans, using their “gooseberries” (Blackberries) in front of them, and speaking either American English or modern forms of the appropriate languages—these anachronisms would have led inem into far more trouble than what they experienced. In addition ...more
This was a fun romp through history, a whole lot of time travel, and several glaring weaknesses.
The lack of preparation prior to visiting various time periods just would not have worked, and showing photographs to ancient Greeks or medieval Europeans, using their “gooseberries” (Blackberries) in front of them, and speaking either American English or modern forms of the appropriate languages—these anachronisms would have led inem into far more trouble than what they experienced. In addition ...more
A pleasure to read. This is pretty much the time travel adventure I was hoping for when I started The Time Traveler's Wife. A little romance, some meeting of historical figures, and a lot of clever taking advantage of the ability to time travel.
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A quick read that I enjoyed. I did have to stop myself from over-thinking it though as the main characters seem to act rather irrational at times. Also, I found the two main characters to become rather interchangeable. I would get confused about which one was narrating the chapter I was currently reading. No matter really, still was an enjoyable book, in my opinion, despite some minor flaws.
An OK book I'm not sure what I disliked about it but I think it was a issue not a failing of the author.
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Dec 24, 2009
H. R.
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Gaijinmama
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Michelle
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Stephen
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Apr 22, 2020
Robert Arl
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Cheryl
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