I just made a poll with about 20 time travel books and even then I don't think I have all that you have. When I make a poll, many times there are books I still have not read yet. This is a cool list. Be sure you do my poll, it's featured on The Forbidden Planet site.
I have read The Time Traveler's Wife and loved it. I loved the movie also even though some felt it was disjointed and so forth. Since I read the book , I understood the movie. I also enjoyed FlashForward by Sawyer.
I've read 8 of 13 and I agree with your opinion on all but one. I thought Connie Willis' Doomsday Book was, frankly, quite boring. But, that said, I'd be very surprised if we agreed on all counts. How about Timescape by Gregory Benford, and Time and Again by Clifford D Simak?
MichaelNJanuary 01, 2010
I don't know either of those two but I will look for them on Amazon.
Great list, I gotta do something like this. Have you read "A Wrinkle in Time" or Richard Matheson's "Somewhere in Time"? When you get a chance (shameless plug) see my 2010 list of new movies coming out. Another Shrek, another Saw, and a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street.
MichaelNDecember 17, 2009
Thanks. I haven't read A Wrinkle in Time. As it is a Newbury award winner, I assume it is a young readers book? Margaret Peterson Haddix writes some great books of that genre and Lois Lowry's The Giver was great. I read Somewhere in Time (my review is on Lunch). It didn't make my list because it is too similiar to but not as good as Time and Again by Jack Finney (see #3).
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