Andrew’s review of Time and Again (Time, #1) > Likes and Comments

Excellent! Thanks Manuel, I'll add it to my 'to read' list.

Just started The Man Who Folded Himself and I love it already! It's written in a very humorous style and I have no idea what will happen next. Thanks for recommending, Manuel.

The Dancers at the End of Time is a fun romp through time and one of my all-time favorites.

Thanks, Nancy. I'll take a look at that one :)

Hope you enjoy it! :)

11/22/63 sucked me in so much! loved everything about it! I have been looking for another like it ever since and batting zero.

Ivy wrote: "11/22/63 sucked me in so much! loved everything about it! I have been looking for another like it ever since and batting zero."

Me too. I've still not found another to compete with that one, Ivy. I'll let you know if I ever do!

Man in the empty suit was written by Sean Ferrell, not Farrell. I'm actually reading 11/22/63 and I love it. Thanks for your comment.

Denis wrote: "Man in the empty suit was written by Sean Ferrell, not Farrell. I'm actually reading 11/22/63 and I love it. Thanks for your comment."

Thanks for the correction, Dennis. I've amended my review. And I'm glad you're enjoying 11/22/63 - brilliant, isn't it!

Thanks for the list. I've been looking for a new time travel book to fill the 11/22/63 void as well. The closest I've come is Replay, by Ken Grimwood. Eric Flint's 1632, about a modern day West Virginia town transported to Europe in 1632 is a lot of fun as well.

Andrew wrote: "Denis wrote: "Man in the empty suit was written by Sean Ferrell, not Farrell. I'm actually reading 11/22/63 and I love it. Thanks for your comment."

Thanks for the correction, Dennis. I've amended..."

It is brilliant : I'm no Stephen King's fan but my best told me I would appreciate this one and I do. You can always count on a 53 years friendship to be reliable.

Greg wrote: "Thanks for the list. I've been looking for a new time travel book to fill the 11/22/63 void as well. The closest I've come is Replay, by Ken Grimwood. Eric Flint's 1632, about a modern day West Vir..."

Greg, I've subsequently read Replay too, and enjoyed it. I haven't read 1632 though - so that's certainly one I'll take a look at. Thanks!

Denis wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Denis wrote: "Man in the empty suit was written by Sean Ferrell, not Farrell. I'm actually reading 11/22/63 and I love it. Thanks for your comment."

Thanks for the correction, Denni..."

Denis - yes that's a lot of friendship and it's certainly enough to earn a huge amount of trust!

I'd recommend "The Doomsday Book".

The Mirror by Mary's Millhiser, although the "future" is the 70's as well!

Tabitha wrote: "I'd recommend "The Doomsday Book"."

Sorry - just spotted this one! Thanks Tabatha, I'll take a look at that one :)

Charlotte wrote: "The Mirror by Mary's Millhiser, although the "future" is the 70's as well!"

I've not heard of that one, Charlotte - I'll certainly have a look at it. Thanks.

If you liked Time And Again, then Charles Dickinson - A shortcut in time are in a similar class https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Lars wrote: "If you liked Time And Again, then Charles Dickinson - A shortcut in time are in a similar class https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."

Many thanks, Lars - I'll certainly look that one up!

Nice review, Andrew even though this one is my favorite time travel story.

Angela M wrote: "Nice review, Andrew even though this one is my favorite time travel story."

Thanks, Angela. I've read a few more time travel novels since, but when I felect on them all I believe my top four remains the same.
I have fond memories of this book, though I wasn't quite so struck with book 2. I do love a good time travel tale though!

I wasn’t as taken with the second book either . Of your 4 I loved 1 and 3 also . I’ll have to add your #2

Angela M wrote: "I wasn’t as taken with the second book either . Of your 4 I loved 1 and 3 also . I’ll have to add your #2"

#2 is a strange and quite challenging book that probably won't be everyone's cup of tea. But I really hope you like it. I look forwards to your thoughts, in due course, Angela :)

Check out Dark Matter and Replay.

Connie Willis' books, Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprange deCamp, The End of Eternity (sort of), Kindred, Gabaldon's Outlander romance.

Kerilynne wrote: "Check out Dark Matter and Replay."

Kerilyne - I've managed to catch up with both of these. I loved Dark Matter (5 stars) and liked Replay too (4 stars).
Many thanks for suggesting some titles :))

Genia wrote: "Connie Willis' books, Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprange deCamp, The End of Eternity (sort of), Kindred, Gabaldon's Outlander romance."

Many thanks, Genia - new titles to me. I'll certainly take a look at them :))

I think it is a pity, that this Exchange is hidden in the comments of a Review! I only came across it by accident, but took up some of the recommendations already.
Here are my own contributions to the time travel list:
Connie Willis - To Say Nothing of the Dog (this is my favorite of all her books. I laughed so much.)
Ali McNamara - Step Back in Time
Rysa Walker - The Chronos Files (trilogy)

Elephantom wrote: "I think it is a pity, that this Exchange is hidden in the comments of a Review! I only came across it by accident, but took up some of the recommendations already.
Here are my own contributions to ..."

Thanks for you're input here, Elephantom. You're right that it's a pity this exchange is somewhat hidden - there are some brilliant ideas here if you're into this specific genre (as I am 😊).

It's great you've added some more books to the list - all of them new to me. I'll certainly be checking them all out. Thanks again!

I adore Finney’s time and again, but against King and Niffenegger it’s ok to take a backseat (both solid 5 stars in my book) never heard of Ferrel, but will add it right away

Lars wrote: "I adore Finney’s time and again, but against King and Niffenegger it’s ok to take a backseat (both solid 5 stars in my book) never heard of Ferrel, but will add it right away"

I find myself agreeing with you, Lars.
The Ferrell one is a bit of a wild card - it's different and won't be (I'm sure) to everyone's taste. But I really enjoyed it. I look forward to your thoughts.

The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove.
The Nantucket Island trilogy by S. M. Stirling
The Terminator trilogy by S. M. Stirling (post Judgement Day)
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Flashpoint story arc DC Comics
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Duck
1632 series by Eric Flint, et al
Fatherland by Richard Harris
The World War series by Harry Turtledove (The V series in WWII)

James wrote: "The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove.
The Nantucket Island trilogy by S. M. Stirling
The Terminator trilogy by S. M. Stirling (post Judgement Day)
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Flashpoint st..."

Thanks for adding some titles, James. I'll certainly take a look at these 👍

i love time-travel stories -- GOOD ones, that is. the best one i ever read, IMO, is LEST DARKNESS FALL by L. Sprague de Camp (1941), the first alternate history TT genre novel. read it here: https://presciencesf.blogspot.com/201....

but as to TIME AND AGAIN, even Stephen King, in his Afterward to 11/22/63, admits that T&A is the best time-travel novel ever written; of course, everyone has their own subjective opinion. i have it in hardcover AND on Audible, and just bought it again in hardcover, along with the sequel, which i've not yet read. (SO EXCITED!)

for a shorter but still superb and extremely different time-travel short story, try Murray Leinster's "Sidewise in Time" (1934), one of the seminal *Parallel Universe* time-travel stories, at https://vdocuments.site/murray-leinst....

oh, how could i forget "Vintage Season" (1946) by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore, the best husband-&-wife writing team in the business! it's also on my PRESCIENCE site (along with their excellent "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" and C.L.'s "The Bright Illusion"), https://presciencesf.blogspot.com/201.... they specialized in shorter fiction; i don't believe they ever wrote any novels together, although they did separately. VS was filmed back in the '90s, with Jeff Daniels, as GRAND TOUR: DISASTER IN TIME, but the director thought he could write better than Kuttner & Moore, so he took MAJOR liberties. he was wrong. check it out after you've read the story; you'll see.

Hollis - Thanks for your recommendations and reflections on these books/stories. I confess they are all new to me, albeit they've been around for some time! I'll definitely take a look at them :))

I think it was SK's recommendation that led me to this book in the first place, if memory serves. And having read quite a few more time travel books since I still think the King book is my favourite.

I really hope you enjoy Finney's follow-up book. I confess it didn't capture me in the way this one did, but it's still a worthwhile read, I think.

Thanks again for stopping by with your thoughts and recommendations.

oh, Andrew, i envy you so much. to be reading all three of these for the first time!

you will (IMO) adore the premise of LEST DARKNESS FALL, enjoy the action/adventure of "Sidewise in Time," and find "Vintage Season" most intriguing. i guarantee that Kuttner & Moore will not disappoint.

take advantage of PRESCIENCE while you're there and read the other stories, too. C.M. Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons" is not only a classic, but i believe that it was the inspiration for the film IDIOCRACY, albeit not nearly so kind to the idiots. among all the Simaks, "Desertion," "Immigrant," "New Folks' Home," "Drop Dead," and "Skirmish" are all worth reading, in that order -- my personal preference. but, damn, they're all so fascinating. the other two novels, Alfred Bester's THE DEMOLISHED MAN (Oliver Stone toyed with the idea of filming it) and Kornbluth & F. Pohl's THE SPACE MERCHANTS (written in the very early 1950s, it has a non-character *character* called "Chicken Little" that is a cloned cellular mass of chicken heart muscle grown to enormous size, used to feed the Chlorella Corp. workers -- sounds timely, yes?) are not too long for a fun read, and if you're not familiar with the authors, more the better. Kornbluth is a legend, Pohl a Grand Master, and Bester ... well, Bester wrote THE STARS MY DESTINATION, an extraordinary novel of fantastic characters and unimaginable situations that cannot be forgotten easily. here's a great comment by steampunk author William Gibson about STARS: http://sciencefiction.loa.org/appreci....

ETA: i hope you find DARKNESS as humorous as i do! Sprague de Camp can be exceedingly funny in a sarcastic way; his version of a bar fight is hysterical IMO.

Hollis - Many thanks for this. I've read very few book and stories written before I was born, so I look forward to getting in amongst these.

Elephantom wrote: "I think it is a pity, that this Exchange is hidden in the comments of a Review! I only came across it by accident, but took up some of the recommendations already.
Here are my own contributions to ..."

Andrew wrote: "Genia wrote: "Connie Willis' books, Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprange deCamp, The End of Eternity (sort of), Kindred, Gabaldon's Outlander romance."

Many thanks, Genia - new titles to me. I'll cert..."

i just downloaded an unembellished WordPad file for Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog. there's nothing so refreshing as Speculative Fiction, intriguing concepts, and a healthy sensayuma!

Andrew wrote: "Hollis - Thanks for your recommendations and reflections on these books/stories. I confess they are all new to me, albeit they've been around for some time! I'll definitely take a look at them :))
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i only started From Time to Time a few weeks ago but had to put it aside because American Political Theater is getting too distracting. nevertheless, it didn't grab me right off like Time and Again did. btw, it was my mom, Lyla Lee, who turned me on to T&A -- way back c. 1972!

Hollis wrote: "oh, Andrew, i envy you so much. to be reading all three of these for the first time!

you will (IMO) adore the premise of LEST DARKNESS FALL, enjoy the action/adventure of "Sidewise in Time," and f..."

UPDATE: Bester's THE STARS MY DESTINATION is now available as an audiobook! i, of course, own it, and it's damned good! i'd recommend you get it at Audible.com, but i'm trying really hard NOT to patronize companies owned by Jeff Bezos, the Amazon tax-dodger.

Andrew wrote: "Hollis - Many thanks for this. I've read very few book and stories written before I was born, so I look forward to getting in amongst these."

so, Andrew -- have you read any of my recommendations? i'd love to hear your feedback. we're probably of a similar chronological age (me: 65 as of last week). i don't dislike Stephen King as an author, but i just find the Golden Age writers so much richer in their critical thinking.

Hollis - in truth I haven’t read any yet. In fact, I’ve only read one further time travel novel: Time and Time Again by Ben Elton, which I liked very much. But I will get to some of your recommendations soon!

Hollis wrote: "Andrew wrote: "Hollis - Many thanks for this. I've read very few book and stories written before I was born, so I look forward to getting in amongst these."

so, Andrew -- have you read any of my r..."

here, Andrew -- let me make it easy for you to read Lest Darkness Fall, the best example of using scientific advancement to overcome the influence of Blind Faith: https://presciencesf.blogspot.com/201....

Many thanks, Hollis, that’s super helpful! 👍

i want to make it as effortless as possible to get books read!

Thanks, Hollis 🙏

Read Unhappenings by Edward Aubry. Thank me later!

Kristin wrote: "Read Unhappenings by Edward Aubry. Thank me later!"

Ok, you’ve really got me interested now. Thanks, Kristin 👏👍