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Now with masterfully restored original artwork, lovers of time travel, romance, and adventure can rediscover Time and Again, the beloved classic hailed as “THE great time-travel story” by Stephen King, author of 11/22/63, and praised as a “pure New York fun” by Alice Hoffman, ...
Now with masterfully restored original artwork, lovers of time travel, romance, and adventure can rediscover Time and Again, the beloved classic hailed as “THE great time-travel story” by Stephen King, author of 11/22/63, and praised as a “pure New York fun” by Alice Hoffman, author of The Rules of Magic.
When advertising artist Si Morley is recruited to join a covert government operation exploring the possibility of time travel, he jumps at the chance to leave his twentieth-century existence and step into New York City in January 1882. Aside from his thirst for experience, he has good reason to return to the past—his friend Kate has a curious, half-burned letter dated from that year, and he wants to trace the mystery.
But when Si begins to fall in love with a woman he meets in the past, he will be forced to choose between two worlds—forever.
Called “the great time-travel story” by Stephen King, Time and Again is admired for its rich, painstakingly researched descriptions of life in New York City more than a century ago, and for the swift adventure at its core. With newly digitized art, you will fall in love with this refreshed classic all over again.
The differences between New York of the 1880s and 1970s are obvious. In what ways are they similar? What can we learn from that similarity?
If given the chance to travel in time,, knowing you could return to the present, would you? What era would you visit and why?
The advantages of living in the modern age (medicine, better lives for minorities and women, mass communication) are apparent. What does Si find appealing about the 1880s? Would you value those discoveries as well?
Ask your club members for examples of how your town or neighborhood has changed during their lifetimes. Dr. Danzinger states that each day in NYC is very similar to the one before, but also slightly different. He says if you could walk back through enough days, you would see men wearing tri-cornered hats, tending sheep in Manhattan. Ask your members to reflect on the changes they have seen and whether those changes have been rapid, slow, or both.
"One Man, Two Centuries, Three Great Themes"by Barry B. (see profile)05/10/11
"Time And Again" is a fascinating, thoughtful and fabulously researched book. Although time travel is at the core, it is not really a science fiction book. Instead, the travel between New ... (read more)
The last 100 pages of the book were actually good, but the first 300 were nearly unbearable!! I had to pace the floor in order to stay awake long enough to read it. Had I not been reading it for a club,... (read more)
Was very slow. Lacking in a true plot. Was a struggle to get to a point that had some "action". There were some very interesting facts and great descriptions of NYC. The author did give the reader... (read more)
I think if you are familiar with New York City you will enjoy this look into the past. It is illustrated so that what is real is combined with fiction so it is almost believable. I enjoyed it and this... (read more)
