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Prime Books
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Fiction. Science Fiction. HTML: The idea of time travel has been with us since ancient times; now, the concept of time travel seems almost . . . plausible. Today, tales of chrononauts are more imaginative and thought-provoking than ever before: new views, cutting-edge concepts, radical notions of paradox and possibility�??state-of-the-art speculative stories collected from those written in the twenty-first century. Forward to the past, back to the future�??get ready for a fascinating trip
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LibraryThing member cuentosalgernon
This quite enjoyable anthology compiles eighteen time-travel stories published between 2005 and 2014, mostly by well-known authors (there were only a couple that were new to me) and with a mixture of well-known stories and more unknown ones. As it’s to be expected in this kind of book, I didn’t
The stand-outs for me were the touching Kage Baker’s “The Carpet Beds of Sutro Park” and, most of all, the harrowing but brilliant novella “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, by Ken Liu.
Overall, a solid selection of time-travel stories that, as the scientific details of time-travel are secondary in most of the stories, can be enjoyed by science fiction and non-science fiction fans alike.
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love every story, but I think Paula Guran has made quite a good job, choosing stories ranging from decent to excellent. The approach to the common time-travelling subject was varied enough to avoid repetition among them, although I think that this one, as any thematic anthology, is better enjoyed if read one or two stories at a time, instead of reading the whole book from beginning to end. The stand-outs for me were the touching Kage Baker’s “The Carpet Beds of Sutro Park” and, most of all, the harrowing but brilliant novella “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary”, by Ken Liu.
Overall, a solid selection of time-travel stories that, as the scientific details of time-travel are secondary in most of the stories, can be enjoyed by science fiction and non-science fiction fans alike.
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Original publication date
2014
ISBN
9781607014393
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| Fic SF Guran ed |