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Post by birukitty on Apr 13, 2016 2:17:12 GMT
Another Pea just started a thread on Time Travel movies and since Time Travel is one of my favorite subjects I thought I'd start this thread on Time Travel books. I love Time Travel books! Have you read any good ones I might have missed? Which ones did you like? Here are my favorites:
Doomsday Book-Connie Willis
To Say Nothing of the Dog-Connie Willis
Passage-Connie Willis
Blackout-Connie Willis
All Clear-Connie Willis
The Outlander Series-Diana Gabaldon
The Time Traveler's Wife-Audrey Niffenegger
The Mirror-Marlys Millhiser
Replay-Ken Grimwood
11/22/63-Stephen King
That's all I can think of right now. Of these my favorite is "Doomsday Book" as far as a time travel novel is concerned. I adore the way Connie Willis writes time travel novels, and once you read that one (the first) the same characters appear in the other novels. "Outlander" is my all time favorite book, although time travel isn't the key point in the book.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by grammadee on Apr 13, 2016 2:49:07 GMT
I remember reading Doomsday Book. And I remember thinking it was a good book. But it has been a long time, and not much has stayed with me. Thinking I might have to read it again. Then may take a look at her later books.
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Post by misadventurous on Apr 13, 2016 2:55:06 GMT
I loved Doomsday Book as well!
Other good ones are
Somewhere in Time - Richard Matheson (the movie was based on this book)
Flashforward - Robert J. Sawyer
Timeline - Michael Crichton
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Post by hennybutton on Apr 13, 2016 2:55:55 GMT
I love time travel. You've listed some good ones, but I never could get into Outlander. If you like Connie Willis' time travel books, check out Neve Maslakovic's Incident series or Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's series. Gotta love time traveling historians.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 13, 2016 3:02:05 GMT
I love Connie Wiilis.
I a liked the Chronic Files triliogy. It is more young adult and there is a Sci fi aspect, buy the characters time jump to different eras.
ETA: It is the CHRONOS trilogy, damn auto-correct Rysa Walker is the author.
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Post by scrapbookwriter on Apr 13, 2016 3:16:18 GMT
"Time and Again" by Jack Finney. It's a really lovely story.
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Post by chendra on Apr 13, 2016 3:34:44 GMT
"Time and Again" by Jack Finney. It's a really lovely story. One of my favorites! As I child, I also loved a book called "Fog Magic". I can think of a couple more that I used to reread often when I was young. I'll have to dredge up the titles from deep in my brain. |
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 13, 2016 3:53:26 GMT
Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis isn't a time travel, but similarish.
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Post by birukitty on Apr 13, 2016 3:59:32 GMT
I haven't read "Lincoln's Dreams" yet by Connie Willis but I'm very anxious too. My library doesn't have a copy and I haven't bought one yet. It's on my to read list.
I have copies of both Jack Finney books, "Time and Again" and "From Time to Time" and have tried reading "Time and Again" on more than one occasion but I just can't get into it. I don't know what it is, but it bores me. My father loves this book, but there is something about it that just doesn't keep my attention. I won't give up. I will try again one day. I'm too stubborn to give up on a book that so many other people like. There must be something I'm missing.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by jackie on Apr 13, 2016 4:07:45 GMT
I recently read one for book club that I liked. It's called The Shining Girls. Can't remember the author offhand. It's about a time traveling serial killer. The story takes place between 1930 and modern times. I thought it was very suspenseful.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Apr 13, 2016 4:20:16 GMT
If you like science fiction at all, I read The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. It's about some soldiers that sign up for a mission that will take them far out into space - while time seems to go by normally for them, time goes much more quickly back on Earth. There's a love story component to it, too. I haven't read it in awhile, so I don't remember how much of the story is love story and how much is the science fiction/time travel part.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 13, 2016 4:20:33 GMT
fire watch is a collection of Willis' short stories. I enjoyed it as well. I really wish she'd write another book, but she is 70, so I assume she is enjoying retirement.
She and I graduated from the same univesity (although the name changed)
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Post by auntkelly on Apr 13, 2016 4:27:46 GMT
I'm generally not a fan of time travel, but 11/22/63, which you have already listed, is one of my all time favorite books.
I didn't realize it was a time travel book when I started reading it, or I never would have read it. I guess I need to be more open minded.
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Post by RobbyKay on Apr 13, 2016 4:35:20 GMT
If you like your time travel with a little romance, Georgina Young-Ellis writes the Time Mistress series. A scientist from the future travels back in time to live during the times of her literary heroes.
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 13, 2016 4:38:29 GMT
I'm generally not a fan of time travel, but 11/22/63, which you have already listed, is one of my all time favorite books. I didn't realize it was a time travel book when I started reading it, or I never would have read it. I guess I need to be more open minded. I'm not typically a fan of going forward, but I love when they go back into history and look at it from future eyes. OP, I am going to sound like a loser, but I liked The Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix. They are youth books, amazon ranks them for ages 8-12, but I really liked them. The protanganists are younger teens when the series starts and age over the years. The first book does not have time travel, but sets up the other books. The kids go back and live lives of historical figures as well as move along side them while trying not to mess up the future. What I really liked about them were they very fairly historically accurate and then after the book was complete, she devoted 10-15 pages to explain the history and if she added something, why she added it and if there was any evidence to suggest x, y, or z. www.amazon.com/The-Missing-Collection-Sabotaged-Caught/dp/1442497793 |
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Post by scrapsuzy on Apr 13, 2016 5:14:16 GMT
Love this thread. I've seen some favorites and have added some new titles to my wishlist. One series that I found easy to read but really enjoyed is the Out of Time series by Monique Martin. In fact, while grabbing the link, I saw that the 9th book just came out in January, and it will be the next book I read.  I recently read The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, which was a little bit different because it was one woman rotating between 3 time periods, always herself and with the same husband, but always a little different (and the other "hers" are rotating, too). But it was good and I definitely recommend it! Also read recently (this year) was The Crosse Harbor Trilogy. Light reading, again, but entertaining. |
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Post by happyOCgirl on Apr 13, 2016 5:28:51 GMT
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Post by lesserknownpea on Apr 13, 2016 8:16:38 GMT
Doomsday Book is one of my all time favorites!!
I'm glad to see so many of my favorites listed here, and I'll be checking out the ones listed by others.
i liked Judith Tarr's Household Gods
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Post by pjaye on Apr 13, 2016 10:56:47 GMT
Jodi Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's series. Gotta love time traveling historians I second that suggestion, I really enjoyed these books. I started early, I loved the book Charlotte Sometimes written Penelope Farmer, and first published in 1969. I read this when I was young but discovered it again at Audible about a year ago and I couldn't resist listening to it again. It is an older children's book but I enjoyed revisiting it as an adult. |
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Post by rickmer on Apr 13, 2016 12:36:03 GMT
One series that I found easy to read but really enjoyed is the Out of Time series by Monique Martin liked these but have only read 1st and 2nd books. i didn't realize there were so many. i LOVE outlander, have read the 1st three books. i know there are 8 or 9 (plus some extra break off books) but i am pacing myself. i want to savour them.... |
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Post by scrapbookwriter on Apr 13, 2016 13:37:58 GMT
"Time and Again" by Jack Finney. It's a really lovely story. One of my favorites! As I child, I also loved a book called "Fog Magic". I can think of a couple more that I used to reread often when I was young. I'll have to dredge up the titles from deep in my brain. , I love "Fog Magic" too! I still have my copy on my bookshelf. I shared it with each of my kids as they grew up. |
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Post by chendra on Apr 13, 2016 14:05:47 GMT
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Post by fredfreddy on Apr 13, 2016 14:15:13 GMT
Any Doctor Who book!!
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Post by sugarmama on Apr 13, 2016 14:35:08 GMT
Another one is THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST by Claire North. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list.
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Post by pjaye on Apr 13, 2016 15:04:52 GMT
Another one is THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST by Claire North. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my list. I have and it's not one that I'd recommend. It started off OK, but then got really bogged down in full on science fiction and I struggled to finish it. |
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Post by stahija on Apr 13, 2016 15:11:40 GMT
I love this thread!
The Winter People - Jennifer Mcmahon (not my favorite book, but about time travel)
The Firebird - Susanna Kearsley (semi-time travel, good book)
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 13, 2016 16:20:11 GMT
I started the Time Travel movie thread.. It's funny.. I have not read that many time travel books. I will have to follow this thread.. I know I read one not to long ago (a few years I guess) and it was good but I can't for the life of me even remembe what the name was.... |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 16:30:48 GMT
When Lightning Strikes by Kristin Hannah was the first time travel book I ever read! Another one of hers is Once In Every Life. It's not so much time travel as reincarnation but she ends up in the body of someone from the 17th century and still has all her "now" memories.
I also loved the one happyOCgirl mentioned by Jude Deveraux, A Knight In Shining Armor. And of course, The Time Travelers Wife.
And now, I have a whole list of new books to look for!!!! ::Excited::
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Post by ilikepink on Apr 13, 2016 16:42:20 GMT
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This thread and the movie thread reminded of a time-travel book I read years and years ago by Isaac Asimov. It was out of print, but my ODS and I discussed the concepts in it many times, and I always wanted to get a copy for him. So I looked up the title (cuz I can never remember anything!) and it is The End of Eternity. And guess what-Amazon has it - off to get it for his birthday!
What I liked about this is that people in the current time could change things that would alter history, thereby altering the present. The current-time people felt superior and in control, until they find out they are not current, that they are in the past also. Great ideas and concepts.
Thanks!
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Post by hennybutton on Apr 13, 2016 16:46:49 GMT
I love this thread! The Winter People - Jennifer Mcmahon (not my favorite book, but about time travel) The Firebird - Susanna Kearsley (semi-time travel, good book) The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley is also a good time travel book. |
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