TIME AND AGAIN
by Jack Finney
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Author: Jack FinneyEdition: Paperback
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Published: 1995-02-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: TouchstoneBooks
Book Reviews of TIME AND AGAIN
Book Review: It's a nostalgia trip, folks!
Summary: 5 Stars
Those reading these reviews in order to decide whether to buy the book are likely to be confused by the fact that they tend to be either 5 star or 1 star. The 1 star people complain principally about plot holes, obsessive detail, and the method of time travel. Regrettably, there are plot holes--almost all popular novels have them. For me they aren't killers. We aren't talking War and Peace here. The detail is a different matter, because it is really the heart of the book and the reason for its existence. Jack Finney's stock-in-trade was nostalgia, and this was his tour de force. All of the loving detail, both in preparation for the trip and in the trip itself, is designed to draw you into a another world, and the fact that it is a world that never was isn't really important. The question everyone asked Si was "What was it really, really like?", and this book is an effort to answer that question. As for the method of time travel, do you really believe that throwing in some jargon about quantum mechanics would have made it more realistic? Personally, I think it would have spoiled the effect. If you are a hard-headed logical type looking for a tautly plotted science fiction or detective novel, this ain't it. It's a nostalgia trip, and if you can't make the trip with Si, you won't understand the book and you will hate it. I've lost count of the times I've made it, and I still love it.
I must admit to a personal angle here. I was born in 1923, and almost everything Si described still existed in my childhood. The transportation had changed (the street cars and El were electric, and the carriages were horseless), and the clothing, and the buildings were a bit higher, but that was all. Medicine had changed very little; we had aspirin, but no antibiotics or antihistamines, and the concept of civil rights was still unfamiliar to the police. For me, it is a nostalgia trip in more ways than one.
So, to make a long story short, both the 5 star and the 1 star reviewers are right. You know what kind of person you are. Decide accordingly.
Summary of TIME AND AGAIN
Si Morley is bored with his job as a commercial illustrator and his social life doesn't seem to be going anywhere. So, when he is approached by an affable ex-football star and told that he is just what the government is looking for to take part in a top-secret programme, he doesn't hesitate for too long. And so one day Si steps out of his twentieth-century, New York apartment and finds himself back in January 1882. There are no cars, no planes, no computers, no television and the word 'nuclear' appears in no dictionaries. For Si, it's very like Eden, somewhere he could find happiness. But has he really been back in time? The portfolio of tintype photographs and sketches that he brings back convince the government. But all Si wants is to return...Literature & Fiction Books
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