If you love jack finney or simply enjoy putting your feet up and reading marvelous stories of nostalgia and fantasy, about time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished jack. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. You could discover as well as make use of the advantages of choosing this about time. Thats the fantasy jack finney makes totally plausible in his 1970 classic, time and again the novel that gets my vote for the most evocative time travel tale of them all. Le guin, larry niven, theodore sturgeon, connie willis, and more. The time to which they escapethrough time traveldoesnt always fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes. These are short stories that also play with both time and place. His bestknown works are science fiction and thrillers, including the body snatchers and time and again. See all books authored by jack finney, including time and again, and the body snatchers, and more on. Summary this collection consists of 12 short stories by jack finney. Finney first showed an interest in time travel in the shortstory collection the third level, which included stories about a commuter who discovers a train that runs between new york and. Jack finney, writing in the late 1950s and early 1960s, was hardly the first writer who explored time travel.
Jack finney about time by jack finney about time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished jack finneys alltime classic. About time by jack finney, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. By using the web site, you confirm that you have read. Finneys most famous story was, the body snatchers, which was made into a number of movie versions, including, invasion of the body snatchers 1956 and 1978, body snatchers 1998 and most recently, the invasion 2007 with nicole kidman. Best known for his thrillers and science fiction, a number of his booksincluding invasion of the body snatchershave been made into movies. Best known for his thrillers and science fiction, a number of his booksincluding invasion of the body snatchers have been made into movies. Loved the time period and how the author brought it to life. Walter braden jack finney born john finney, october 2, 1911 november 14, 1995 was an american author. I have several of jack finneys books and love all of his time travel stories.
The time to which they escapethrough time traveldoesnt fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes they find their dreams. The protagonists of these twelve stories are wellmeaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives. The book was notable for the impressively vivid pictures of life in 1882 new york that jack finney painted, earning the author further recognition. Wells wrote the time machine more than half a century earlier, and that classic was already being turned into a movie as finney was writing his short stories. Jack finney 19111995 was the author of the muchloved and critically acclaimed novel time and again, as well as its sequel, from time to time. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read about time. The president of the new york central and the new york, new haven and hartford railroads will swear on a stack of timetables that there are only two. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. But like matheson, he started off writing horror stories. The best time travel stories of the 20th century stories by arthur c. His time travel stories are not the typical science fiction variety, but more about the characters he draws so beautifully and the emotions they. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Jack finney, the late author of time and again and from time to time and also the body snatchers as well as other works is an original voice with a wonderful imagination and a penchant for irony.
The time to which they escapethrough time traveldoesnt fulfill their expectations in the. Best known for his thrillers and science fiction, a number of his books including invasion of the body snatchers have been made into movies. Jack finney wrote a muchbeloved time travel classic, time and again. Jack finney books list of books by author jack finney. All of them are about 2025 pages, and perfect to dip into between books or when you just have a little reading time. This is a book that will appeal to lovers of historical fiction as well as to science fiction fans, and theres a. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. From time to time is a 1995 illustrated novel by american writer jack finney, the sequel to time and again, which tells the story of how simon morley, working on a secret government project in 1970, was able to travel back in time to the new york city of 1882 plot summary. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Le guin, larry niven, theodore sturgeon, connie willis, and more stories by arthur c. About time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished jack finneys alltime classic time and again. About time book by jack finney official publisher page. Finney, whos other full length time travel novels include time and again 1970 and the sequel from time to time 1995, is perhaps best known for his classic invasion of the body snatchers 1954 with the exception of a few stories, of missing persons, lunchhour magic, home alone, and hey look at me.
Jack finney twelve stories by this popular writer about time and time travel. The author has written short stories like breakfast in bed, im scared, and the widows walk, this along with novels and plays. This month were reading the classic time travel tale and novel of new york, time and again, by jack finney. Publication date 1998 topics modern fiction, short stories, fiction, fiction fantasy, time travel, fantasy general, short stories single author, fiction general, fantasy fiction, american, fantastic fiction. I was looking for it in jack finneys short story collections and couldnt find it, then discovered in wikipedia that it was only published in the saturday evening post in 1959 and their website doesnt have an archive section. The protagonists of these 12 stories are wellmeaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading about time. The time to which they escape through time travel doesnt always fulfill their. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outof. The former was the basis for the 1956 film invasion of the body snatchers and its remakes. The time to which they escape through time travel doesnt always fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes. Turn the clock back or forward with timetraveling tales. The time to which they escapethrough time traveldoesnt fulfill their expectations in. About time by jack finney overdrive rakuten overdrive. At the end of time and again, morley had prevented the meeting of the parents of the founder of the time travel project. As with most collections, i appreciated some more than others.