I was on an airplane home from Florida last week. People were still getting on board, when I saw an article in the USA Today paper about Stephen King’s new book 11/22/63. The review said it was excellent, vintage Stephen King, and it was about time travel back to 1963 to prevent the assassination of [...]
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Stephen King, Time Travel and Maui Trade Winds
Posted in Books, Time Travel on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Book Review: The Door into Summer – by Robert A. Heinlein
Posted in Books, Science Fiction, Time Travel, tagged Time Travel Books on September 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here is a classic misleading book cover. Yes, there is a cat central to the plot in this book. There are also several women, one villain, Belle, and one heroine, Ricky. I don’t know who the woman on the cover art is supposed to be. Heinlein lived from 1907 to 1988 and is widely recognized [...]
Book Review: Timelines – by Bob Blink
Posted in Books, Science Fiction, Time Travel on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Good thing I do not judge a book by its cover, especially when it’s on the Kindle and it does not have a cover. I looked it up on Amazon. I’d almost be embarrassed being caught reading a hardcopy of Timelines in public with this cover art. I wonder who Kelsey Giosso is, who got credit for the [...]
Book Review: To Say Nothing of the Dog – by Connie Willis
Posted in Books (not finished reading), Time Travel on January 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I picked this book up after a coworker recommended the time travel books Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis. When I read the Amazon reviews, I came across To Say Nothing of the Dog, and its reviews were consistently better. So I chose the safe way and picked it first. When I buy a book in [...]
Book Review: Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Posted in Books, Science Fiction, Time Travel on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I think of Card as a science fiction writer primarily, but he writes fantasy stories very well. Pathfinder is listed as a Young Adults book. Three of the main protagonists are kids aged 13 to 16, and the writing reminded me of Stephen King. There are many flaws with this book, but several overarching facts [...]
Book Review: Against the Tide of Years – by S. M. Stirling
Posted in Books, Time Travel on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The second book of the Change trilogy by Stirling, following Island in the Sea of Time. Good: Stirling must have done deep research to write this trilogy. I learned a lot about the Bronze Age, how people lived then, thought, loved, feared, raised their families and how they died. Stirling develops colorful and multi-dimensional characters [...]
Book Review: Island in the Sea of Time – by S. M. Stirling
Posted in Books, Time Travel on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What would happen if you were suddenly flung back in time more than 3,000 years with no warning and the clothes on your back? How long would you survive if there were no stores, no houses to find shelter in, and you didn’t know the language of the people around you, if there were people [...]
Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
Posted in Movies, Time Travel on August 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
It’s just a matter of time before this blogger, with an item named “Time Travel” in his categories, reviews this movie. Three best friends, Adam (John Cusack), Lou (Rob Corddry) and Nick (Craig Robinson), forty-somethings reminiscent of The Hangover, Adam’s nephew Jacob (Clark Duke) in tow, spend a few days in a mountain resort. Other notable characters are [...]
Book Review: A Twist in Time – by Susan Squires
Posted in Books, Time Travel on August 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Look at the book cover above. Does it not reek of romance novel? Handsome hunk kisses girl with Golden Gate Bridge and sunset in background. We can’t see his naked body, but believe me, it’s very much described in the book. What possessed me to read a Susan Squires romance novel? The answer is simple: I [...]
Movie Review: Primer
Posted in Movies, Science, Time Travel on April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This 2004 movie came to my attention through an email from Chelsea: Okay, if you rent the movie “Primer” and can tell me exactly what happens in the last 10 minutes, you are a Sci Fi God. Haha.. but really.. you should Netflix it. I think you’d enjoy trying to figure it out. Ah, a [...]
