I’m a time traveler. I don’t have a DeLorean (Back To The Future), a disease (The Time Traveler’s Wife) , or a T.A.R.D.I.S. (Dr. Who), to aid me in my journeys. My means of transportation are books, movies, museums, and old stuff.
My favorite book with time travel at its core is H.G. Wells, The Time Machine. In its pages I met the peaceful Eloi, the brutal Morlocks and glimpsed the fate of our planet.
I love A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, by Mark Twain. While visiting a castle in England, the protagonist suffers a blow to the head. When he wakes up he’s-you guessed it-in King Arthur’s Court. If you’ve seen the many bad movies based on this book, please forget them and treat yourself to a great read.
When my kids were small, we belonged to a book club featuring “The Magic Treehouse” series by Mary Pope Osborne. I think I was more excited than they were when a new title was delivered.
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There are so many: A wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L ‘Engle. This was a banned book which automatically makes it a must read. Lightning by Dean Koontz. I haven’t read this one but my DH says it’s good. Also on my “To Read” list- Time and Again by Jack Finney. This comes highly recommended by my favorite book reviewer, Kathleen Wylie-Willis.
I’ll leave the movies, museums, and old stuff for another day. I’m off to the kitchen to make Apple Cheddar Scones.
I'm currently reading a series centered around an apocalypse of sorts. Somehow (As yet un-revealed) explosive chemical reactions are rendered almost unusable, and modern technology is lost. The current survivorship is forced to revert to Medieval means of defense, sprinkled in with modern thinking. A pretty good read, with an interesting premise. Not "True" time travel, but close enough. It's called "The Embervirse Series" by S.M. Stirling. I've read "A Connecticut Yankee" and I'm not a big fan. Although I usually like Clemens.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good series. I'll definitely give book one a read. As for "Connecticut Yankee", it's one of those books I read in my youth so it does get nostalgia points. I'd like to read it again but there are so many books I haven't read already!
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of time travel also. Have you read http://www.amazon.com/Time-Again-Jack-http://www.amazon.com/Time-Jack-Finney/dp/B000C4SWQS/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_bFinney/dp/0684801051/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1 or ??
ReplyDeleteGreat tales of time travel! ♥
I checked it out from the library on Sunday. It's my next read! I noticed a sequel to Time and Again~ From Time to Time. haven't heard much about it, though.
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