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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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April 2, 2015
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April 30, 2015
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Netanella
Jul 07, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: science-fiction, time-travel, women-of-the-future, 2022-july-reading-challenges
I won't lie, this book takes some effort to read. Because, as the title implies, the reader must get through the first fifteen lives of Harry August, time traveler, ouroboron, kalachakra, whatever we might call him. He is among a select few people who are destined to repeat their life from the exact same moment of birth, having never forgotten any memories from his prior lives. In essence he is destined to repeat his life ad infinitum, except that his memories and reactions of events change the ...more
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Catsalive
Sep 02, 2021 rated it really liked it
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I enjoyed this so much more than Touch. The jumping around in time is so cleverly organised that I didn't resent the change in life & locus at all. Such dedication to the task as Harry showed deserves a reward - I'd have loved to see what happened in his 16th life.
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Cora
May 31, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: kindle, time-travel, science-fiction, available-at-library
For Harry August, death is not final. Whenever he dies he is reborn back at the beginning of his life to live it again. This sounds a little bit like, Life After Life, but unlike the main character in that story, Harry always remembers everything that happened to him in previous iterations of his life. There are others like Harry who also live in a continuous loop and make up a community that spans centuries of our time. One day, those from the future send a message to those of the past that som ...more
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