Time And Again: Time and Again: Book One (Gateway Essentials)

Time And Again: Time and Again: Book One (Gateway Essentials)

by JackFinney (Author), Jack Finney (Author)

Synopsis

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 ...

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Format: paperback
Publisher: Gollancz
Published:

ISBN 10: 0575073608
ISBN 13: 9780575073609
Book Overview: 'One of the most important, and most moving, timeslip texts yet composed' THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY.

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New York Times Go back to a wonderful world and have a wonderful time doing it.
Author Bio
Born in 1911 the American author Jack Finney wrote numerous SF novels, thrillers and mysteries, several of which were adapted to film. He is best known as the author of THE BODY SNATCHERS, which became the hugely popular and influential film, THE INVASION OF THE BODYSNATCHERS. He was awarded the WORLD FANTASY AWARD for Lifetime Achievement in 1987. A long time resident of Californa he died in 1995.