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| Original Title: | Bid Time Return |
| ISBN: | 0312868863 (ISBN13: 9780312868864) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Richard Collier, Elise McKenna |
| Setting: | San Diego, California,1896(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1976) |
Richard Matheson
Paperback | Pages: 316 pages Rating: 3.87 | 6583 Users | 594 Reviews
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| Title | : | Somewhere In Time |
| Author | : | Richard Matheson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 316 pages |
| Published | : | January 1999 by Tor Books (first published 1975) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Time Travel. Fantasy. Romance. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Like What Dreams May Come, which inspired the movie starring Robin Williams, Somewhere in Time is the powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the Grand Masters of modern fantasy.
Matheson's classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century. Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1979 movie version, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, remains a cult classic whose fans continue to hold yearly conventions to this day.
Matheson's classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century. Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1979 movie version, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, remains a cult classic whose fans continue to hold yearly conventions to this day.
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Ratings: 3.87 From 6583 Users | 594 ReviewsEvaluate Of Books Somewhere In Time
5, 5, 5 stars. More if I could. I read another 5-star review that described the book as 'emotionally draining.' Yes, it is. It's also one of the only 'period novels' where I actually felt to be IN the time period itself. It's written in first-person narrative, reminiscent of the heightened awareness of environment and physical self of Kafka's Metamorphosis, and the dramatic inner dialogue of Camus' The Stranger. And it's romantic and touching and BELIEVABLE. Just a wonderful book.What the heck was that I just read, and why did I read it?This is one of the sappiest, outrageously nauseating, chauvinistic, sloppily sentimental books I've read this year, and considering how much actual 19th century literature I've read this year, that's really saying something.We spend the first third of this book with the main character, Richard Collier (by the way, I always get afully suspicious when the character and the author share a name, don't you?) being maniacal about a photograph
From 1975Originally called Bid Time Return (Then the movie came out and changed the name of the book). The beginning is slow, long. The method of time travel seems unbelievably easy (just like in Jack Finney's Time and Again, which is from 1970). Wear the right clothes, be in the right place, a little self-hypnosis: you're time travelling (I know, it's fictional anyway so why should it matter?). But once the main character transports from 1971 to 1896 the book gets so entertaining. But then it
I read this back before the movie came out -- bought it at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac MI because they said it was set there. So I didn't remember that the book's time travel actually takes place in California - since I was reading it at the Grand, that's where it took place. (The movie is filmed at the Grand.)However, I remember the music references very well. I remember being disappointed when the movie music was Rachmaninoff -- yes, I understand it's lush and romantic, but not what's in the
What can I say? Many people know of this book because of the movie with this same title. The book was originally published under "Bid Time Return", which I like much more. Richard Collier falls in love with a photo of an actress from 1896, his year being 1971. He attempts time travel back, she falls in love with him, and then they live happily ever afer in 1896? That would only be too easy.Richard Matheson is that type of author who grips me with such force that I can't find what's real and
A beautiful romance from the pen of a writer more famous for his horror thrillers. How far are you willing to go for the woman you love? Richard Collier has never met the woman of his dreams. And now, at thirty-six, it might be to late, as he is diagnosed with an unoperable brain tumor. As a screenwriter he should know better than most how dreams are created out of thin air, yet in his vulnerable state of mind he is not immune to flights of fancy. While staying overnight at a luxury hotel near
I was pretty unimpressed with this book. A story about a man transporting himself backwards through time by love's inspiration is pretty great, and the way in which it's delivered is clever. I enjoyed the components of the story much more than the story as a whole. But what drew me out and became difficult for me even to endure was the main character's peevishness. I was constantly distracted by the seemingly foolish, brash, unthinking, short-sighted, ignorant decisions or conversations the main
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