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 The 50th anniversary edition of the beloved classic that Stephen King has called “THE great time-travel story.” Featuring a brand-new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion, Blake Crouch.

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 mundane 20th-century existence and step into the past. But he also has another motivation for going back in time: a half-burned letter that tells of a mysterious, tragic death and ominously of “fire which will destroy the whole world.”

Traveling to New York City in January 1882 to investigate, he finds a Manhattan teeming with a different kind of life, the waterfront unimpeded by skyscrapers, open-air markets packed with activity, Central Park bustling with horse drawn sleighs—a city on the precipice of great things. At first, Si welcomes these trips as a temporary escape but when he falls in love with a woman he meets in the past, he must choose whether to return to modern life or live in 1882 for good.

“Pure New York fun” (Alice Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author), Time and Again is meticulous recreation of New York in the late nineteenth century, exploring the possibilities of time travel to tell an ageless story of love, longing, and adventure. Finney’s magnum opus has been a source of inspiration for countless science fiction writers since its first publication in 1970.©1995 Jack Finney, All Rights Reserved; (P)1995 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved; Audioworks is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc. Action & Adventure Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Time Travel
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The audio quality on this is pretty appalling (it sounds like a very dated radio recording) and the listening experience is made worse by frequent musical segments played behind the beginning and end of each chapter, but as these tend to run on for near 30 seconds each the narration is almost completely drowned out.

This abridged version feels very choppy and it is likely the result of heavy editing to get this to fit into a set time slot when originally broadcast.

It is bearable all things considered, and I did manage to finish the title, but it is unlikely to be something you revere or re-visit.

A good story treated very badly.

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A brilliantly written and superbly read story. By the end it was so believable. Everyone should read this and wonder afresh is time travel just a dream or has it actually happened already.
Cliff Keeys

Totally captivating

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A classic time travel story, which describes an experiment in which one can travel through time by self hypnosis. Very enjoyable and very well read. The sound quality is more like good FM Radio rather than CD, but I did not find it off-putting.

Very Good

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Short, smart, terrific read - makes your head spin - great stuff. Stephen King said this was the book that influenced him in his time travel book about the Kennedy assassination. Read that too!

terrific

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