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Time Machine Series

25 primary works • 25 total works
A Game book series designed by Byron Preiss Visual Publications and published by Bantam.

Book 1

Secret of the Knights
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3.72 · 184 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1984 · 12 editions
You have traveled back to the age of knights.

A squ…

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    Book 2

    Search for Dinosaurs
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    3.82     · 313 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 1984 · 17 editions
    Time Machine Search for Dinosaurs (Time Machine Ch…

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    Book 3

    Sword of the Samurai
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    3.62     · 152 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1984 · 13 editions
    You have traveled back to the age of samurai.

    You a…

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    Book 4

    Sail With Pirates
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    3.55     · 135 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1984 · 12 editions
    one in the time machine saga, the pirate adventure…

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    Book 5

    Civil War Secret Agent
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    3.45     · 71 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1984 · 13 editions
    Book by STEVE PERRY

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    Book 6

    The Rings of Saturn
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    3.71     · 111 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1985 · 12 editions
    Poems deal with suicide, nature, winter, fatness, …

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    Book 7

    Ice Age Explorer
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    3.46     · 81 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1985 · 9 editions
    Ice Age Explorer (Time Machine #7)

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    Book 8

    The Mystery of Atlantis
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    3.53     · 95 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1985 · 12 editions
    While searching for the mythical land of Atlantis,…

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    Book 9

    Wild West Rider
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    3.60     · 62 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1985 · 10 editions
    Take a ride out in the wild, wild West, where your…

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    Book 10

    American Revolutionary
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    3.56     · 34 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1985 · 4 editions
    The reader's decisions will determine whether a ti…

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    Book 11

    Mission to World War II
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    3.49     · 43 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1986 · 10 editions
    The reader is transported back through time to Pol…

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    Book 12

    Search for the Nile
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    3.28     · 46 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1986 · 8 editions
    Book by Walker, Robert

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    Book 13

    Secret of the Royal Treasure
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    3.92     · 26 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1986 · 5 editions
    Readers journey back through time to Renaissance E…

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    Book 14

    Blade of the Guillotine
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    3.75     · 71 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1986 · 9 editions
    Travel back to the time of the French Revolution, …

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    Book 15

    Flame of the Inquisition
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    3.64     · 28 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1986 · 6 editions
    In this multiple plot role-playing adventure, read…

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    Book 16

    Quest for the Cities of Gold
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    3.41     · 37 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1987 · 7 editions
    Glatzer, Richard

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    Book 17

    Scotland Yard Detective
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    3.84     · 67 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1987 · 3 editions
    It is the year 1905.

    You have traveled back to turn…

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    Book 18

    Sword of Caesar
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    4.03     · 29 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1987 · 6 editions
    The reader enters the time machine and travels bac…

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    Book 19

    Death Mask of Pancho Villa
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    3.64     · 25 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1987 · 2 editions
    When the peasants and townspeople of Mexico revolt…

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    Book 20

    Bound for Australia
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    3.62     · 16 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1987 · 3 editions
    The reader journeys back in time to the period whe…

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    Book 21

    Caravan to China
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    3.50     · 34 Ratings · published 1987 · 4 editions
    In a reader-participation historical adventure, yo…

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    Book 22

    Last of the Dinosaurs
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    3.45     · 49 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1988 · 7 editions
    The reader's decisions will determine whether the …

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    Book 23

    Quest for King Arthur
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    3.57     · 54 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1988 · 8 editions
    King Arthur is probably the most famous king in th…

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    Book 24

    World War I Flying Ace
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    3.56     · 27 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1988 · 6 editions
    The reader's decisions will determine whether he o…

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    Book 25

    World War II Code Breaker
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    3.71     · 17 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1989 · 5 editions
    The reader's decisions will determine the success …

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