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Somewhere in Time

By: Richard Matheson
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Summary

Written by one of the grand masters of modern fantasy, Somewhere in Time is the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose powerful love for a woman he has never met allows him to literally transcend time.

A dying young playwright staying in a turn-of-the-century hotel becomes captivated by a painting of a beautiful stage actress from the previous century. Obsessed, he begins to study everything he can about the woman and her time and becomes convinced he belongs with her. Through self-hypnosis, he transports himself to 1896, where he finds the soul mate he was fated to meet. But will he be able to stay?

Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was the basis for the 1980 cult classic movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

©1980 , 1998, by Richard Matheson (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fantasy
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“Scott Brick dives into the role of first-person narrator Richard Collier…so convincing[ly].”

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“Appealing to teens and adults with a romantic bent, this is a most exciting novel and an equally entrancing audiobook about a love that transcends time. Narrator Scott Brick’s talent as an experienced and gifted narrator is very evident in this fully voiced performance in which his sensitivity and often quavery introspection convey the ethereal and romantic substance of this story.”

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This is a wonderful audio book. It is a moving love story that stands the test of time. I have seen the film, but this audio book is in a class of its own, to be listened to again and again.

Beautifully written and narrated

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I saw and enjoyed the film many years ago, and have since become a Richard Matheson fan, so when this book became available, I leapt at it. The book does not disappoint and the film did the book justice. It is a touching love story told in the first person, like so many of RM's books, although the story is in the form of diary memoirs discovered by the protagonists brother. The brother regards the story as the wishful or deluded writings of a dying man, and I suppose this poses the possibility to the reader too. It is a beautifully narrated love story at heart and I would highly recommend it.

Gentle and original story

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For those that have seen the movie (which is fantastic), the book is so much better. The Author and the Narrator were both equally amazing. The descriptions and narration made me feel like I was there, experiencing and feeling everything. I was captivated all the way through and thinking at the end of the story did this really happen? I was left feeling that I have travelled through time whilst listening to this. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G-!

This book is the top of my list, I will be looking out for more books from that Narrator, he made this audiobook Perfect.

The best audio book that I have ever listened to.

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I seem to recall the movie, but the book is definitely better.
I would recommend a listen.

Enjoyable, detailed and intriguing

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Always loved the film, but the book goes into more details and makes you think the ending could have been more than just time travel. Easy to listen too and a lovely story

A lovely classic read

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