Timetravel books

[Kurben]

I like the concept if its done well. Maaaany books have been written about it but some of my faves are these beneath. Do you like it and do you have any faves?
Stephen King: 11/22/63 Here the timetraveling is done by a kind of gate.
Diana Gabaldon: Outlander Same thing here and it is, at least at first, not voluntary.
Connie Willis: The Doomsday Book Here it is machinery that is used to send a historical researcher back in time.
Harry Harrison: The Technicolor time machine This is funny. Here a moviecompany uses it to make a movie about the discovery of the americas by the vikings.
Robert Heinlein: The Door into Summer Here it is more about long sleep but it has borders with a timetravel novel.
Robert Silverberg: Up the line here it is taken seriously, a lot of paradoxes but in the middle of the story is a man whose job it is to guide tourists in time.
Paul Anderson: There will be time Here the timetravel function is a genetic thing that the few who has it has to learn to use and to use right.
I know that there are many more like for example: Wells The Time Machine and there is a great one by Philip K. Dick but i have forgotten the name. Then there is books like Eric Flints 1632-books but they are more of a relocation in time than about timetravel. they cant travel. They are more like stranded in time.

 

[staropeace]

Love Gabaldon! Have you ever read T.J. Macgregor? She writes a series about time travel that I love.

 

[skimom2]

Mathieson's Somewhere in Time was very well done (book, not movie, though that was okay, too).

 

[Neesy]

Mathieson's Somewhere in Time was very well done (book, not movie, though that was okay, too).

Shouldn't you be in bed young lady?

One more quick comment and I am heading to bed myself.

Did you read "The Time Traveller's Wife"? I enjoyed the book much more than the movie myself.

 

[skimom2]

Shouldn't you be in bed young lady?

One more quick comment and I am heading to bed myself.

Did you read "The Time Traveller's Wife"? I enjoyed the book much more than the movie myself.

I'm just toddling off, Ms. Neesy! I did, and I think the same: the book was much better than the movie. I'd forgotten about that one!

 

[GNTLGNT]

...H.G. Wells...The Time Machine...

 

[Kurben]

Love Gabaldon! Have you ever read T.J. Macgregor? She writes a series about time travel that I love.

Never even heard about it. Thanks for the tip.

I'm just toddling off, Ms. Neesy! I did, and I think the same: the book was much better than the movie. I'd forgotten about that one!

I've read some of matheson but i have missed that one. I try to pick it up.

 

[doowopgirl]

I'm not a particular fan of Dean Koontz, but he wrote one about time travel called Lightening and it's really good. The overall theme is destiny struggles to put you where you are meant to be.

 

[Rrty]

I love Wells's The Time Machine. It's interesting when you read an old book like that, seems to have a different sort of approach to constructing a climax and denouement -- more understated, less formulaic than today, is the best I can describe it (to some degree, reminds me of how older movies are different, how they used to just end sometimes, with no epilogue or no overdrawn climax). (By the way, bonus grammar thing: did I do that right? The apostrophe-s should be like that on the last name, correct? That always throws me.)

Has anyone ever read Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books? Some time travel in that. He really is a talent.

Didn't realize that Koontz book is about time travel. How is he to read, by the way? I've never read him.

Time travel is a great topic. One of the best stories I've ever read using it -- and I'm sure there must be other tales with this theme -- was in a simple, amateur online fiction market. Forget the title, and I don't think the site exists any longer, but it was about a time-tourist company that hosts trips back in time for people who want to commit crimes such as taking part in a mass shooting. The people hop back to their own reality when they are done, and their line of time is not affected at all. Scary concept when you think about it.

 

[Kurben]

I love Wells's The Time Machine. It's interesting when you read an old book like that, seems to have a different sort of approach to constructing a climax and denouement -- more understated, less formulaic than today, is the best I can describe it (to some degree, reminds me of how older movies are different, how they used to just end sometimes, with no epilogue or no overdrawn climax). (By the way, bonus grammar thing: did I do that right? The apostrophe-s should be like that on the last name, correct? That always throws me.)

Has anyone ever read Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books? Some time travel in that. He really is a talent.

Didn't realize that Koontz book is about time travel. How is he to read, by the way? I've never read him.

Time travel is a great topic. One of the best stories I've ever read using it -- and I'm sure there must be other tales with this theme -- was in a simple, amateur online fiction market. Forget the title, and I don't think the site exists any longer, but it was about a time-tourist company that hosts trips back in time for people who want to commit crimes such as taking part in a mass shooting. The people hop back to their own reality when they are done, and their line of time is not affected at all. Scary concept when you think about it.

Have read Wells's The Time Machine. I quite like it even if i don't think it is his best book. When it comes to Konntz..... I've read a few that i liked and many more that i didn't like but i know that the opinion of him are very divided. I'm not among his fans as you understand but some here are. Haven't read Lightning though.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

It's been so very long ago since I read it, but I remember I really enjoyed "A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain (even though I was forced to read it in college )

 

[HollyGolightly]

Ok, this is a kid's book, but I read it just a few years ago - so, so good, especially if you grew up in the 70s. Read it please, someone, so we can talk about it. It's called When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. I got lucky enough to find it at a thrift store (after I read it while working the counter at Borders). It is about time travel.

 

[Neesy]

Ok, this is a kid's book, but I read it just a few years ago - so, so good, especially if you grew up in the 70s. Read it please, someone, so we can talk about it. It's called When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. I got lucky enough to find it at a thrift store (after I read it while working the counter at Borders). It is about time travel.

I Googled and looked this up. There's a library near us (St. John's Library) with an extensive kids section. I will see if I can order this one tomorrow. They have it listed as Young Adult (I think?)

 

[GNTLGNT]

I love Wells's The Time Machine. It's interesting when you read an old book like that, seems to have a different sort of approach to constructing a climax and denouement -- more understated, less formulaic than today, is the best I can describe it (to some degree, reminds me of how older movies are different, how they used to just end sometimes, with no epilogue or no overdrawn climax). (By the way, bonus grammar thing: did I do that right? The apostrophe-s should be like that on the last name, correct? That always throws me.)

Has anyone ever read Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books? Some time travel in that. He really is a talent.

Didn't realize that Koontz book is about time travel. How is he to read, by the way? I've never read him.

Time travel is a great topic. One of the best stories I've ever read using it -- and I'm sure there must be other tales with this theme -- was in a simple, amateur online fiction market. Forget the title, and I don't think the site exists any longer, but it was about a time-tourist company that hosts trips back in time for people who want to commit crimes such as taking part in a mass shooting. The people hop back to their own reality when they are done, and their line of time is not affected at all. Scary concept when you think about it.

...Koontz is a polarizing author, not much middle ground...people either like or hate him...I happen to be a fan, and he has a huge body of work out there...still, as an introduction to his quirky writing style....try the Odd Thomas series...

 

[blunthead]

All books are time-travel books since they're always written before anyone reads them.

 

[champ1966]

Time Traveler's Wife (sic) (being from England,it should be traveller's) is my favourite ( not favorite). Stephen Fry's, Making History is worth a read. It's like 11/22/63 (22/11/63) with Hitler replacing JFK. ()

 

[DiO'Bolic]

...Koontz is a polarizing author, not much middle ground...people either like or hate him...I happen to be a fan, and he has a huge body of work out there...still, as an introduction to his quirky writing style....try the Odd Thomas series...

"Odd Thomas" the movie is currently playing on Netflix. Really worth watching. I'm going to watch it again this evening. That ending tears your heart out.

 

[GNTLGNT]

"Odd Thomas" the movie is currently playing on Netflix. Really worth watching. I'm going to watch it again this evening. That ending tears your heart out.

...I watched it, and it sure does...it's almost as gripping as the written word....

 

[Stanley Ruiz]

I stumbled onto odd Thomas last year - great audio - the movie is brilliant.the portrayal of Bodox are great...but needs more elvis !!

Bought a first ed 'up the line' years ago -recommended by JD - but my inner 'Calvin Tower' made me bag it and it still sits on my bookshelf shelf.

Time travel gone wrong - 'Peace and War' ,haldemans epic , deals with worm hole and the centuries lost travelling them . Fantastic .

Is twelve monkeys based on a novel ??

 

[Stanley Ruiz]

Time crimes - now if that was a book - I'd love to see how they explain that !!

Or 'Primer' ! I've watched that at least 10 times and only just managed to understand it to the third jump. Give it a go - and tell me you really get it !!!