When Roxanne Bonaventure is eleven years old, a dying woman gives her a gift that changes her life utterly. With the strange device called the 'Sofia', she is granted the ability to travel anywhere in space and time, not only through times that were and will be, but also through the worlds that could have been and might someday be.
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"Chris Roberson is one of that bold band of young writers who are taking the stuff of genre fiction & turning it into a whole new literary form-a form for the 21st century. A talented storyteller, he has a unique ear, a clever eye, an eloquence all too rare in modern fiction." -Michael Moorcock "[It] is as I said a book that I just love to re-read when I ever get the chance. And when I do it always seems fresh and new but at the same time like visiting an old friend. Between the first and last page Chris Roberson has written a truly classic science fiction tale while never forgetting at the heart of all science fiction isn't the science but the people and their humanity that drives the story. And it is Roxanne humanity that drives the tale. She is smart, independent add to that her love for adventure and to learn makes her a character that is likable and one would love to have has a friend." -- Between the first and last page... blog, July 4, 2009
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Chris Roberson's critically-acclaimed short fiction has appeared in the anthologies Live Without a Net (Roc, 2003), The Many Faces of Van Helsing (Ace, 2004), and FutureShocks (Roc, 2005), with previous and forthcoming appearances in the pages of Asimov's Science Fiction, Black October, Fantastic Metropolis, RevolutionSF, Twilight Tales, Opi8, Alien Skin, Electric Velocipede, and Lone Star Stories. His writings have received positive reviews from Locus Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Infinity Plus and RevolutionSF. He was a 2004 World Fantasy Award finalist and the winner of the 2003 Sidewise Award for Best Short Story.
See also Roberson's Paragaea.
For more on Chris Roberson visit www.chrisroberson.net
See also Roberson's Paragaea.
For more on Chris Roberson visit www.chrisroberson.net
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A Feast For Your Time-Traveling Appetite
6 Oct 2005
By Brian W. Dow
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Format:Paperback
Here, There and Everywhere isn't your typical time travel story. No, not by a long shot. Roxanne Bonaventure, with the aid of a mysterious device she calls 'the Sofia', travels backward and forward in time, visits parallel realities and chats with amazing and interesting people. Chris Roberson takes the well-worn premise of time-travel and quite litterally, turns it on it's ear. He has obviously done his homework on the subject. He structures the elements of theoretical time travel and uses them in a very real and dramatic way. This work really stretched the boundries of my understanding of the subject and yet it never reads like a text book although sometimes, the ideas take some time to wrap your brain around. Roxanne is a real, thinking, feeling, breathing human being. Her reactions to circumstances are authentically written and completely believable. She is fun and witty, sly and very intelligent. Though through all the myriad realities she visits, she finds herself more alone than before the Sofia came into her life. This element is the heart of the story. Her yearning for someone to share all this with is, at times, heartbreaking but never falls into melodramatic fluff. It's all very real. A 'What if...' in the best and truest sense.
What I also enjoyed were the pop-culture references that Roberson sprinkles through the story. From H.G. Wells to the Beatles. Great fun. I found myself wishing for a very long rainy day to just sit and read, although I also found myself wanting to savor it while it lasted.
Finally, after reading the last page of Here, There and Everywhere I found myself feeling as if I had just finished a sumptuous meal. Every course included new tastes and new textures. Every succulent morsel filling the tiniest corners. Roberson leaves no dangling plot points and his finale is like a glass of fine wine that finishes an incredible meal. One just sits back and says, 'Now, that was great'. Highly recommended.
What I also enjoyed were the pop-culture references that Roberson sprinkles through the story. From H.G. Wells to the Beatles. Great fun. I found myself wishing for a very long rainy day to just sit and read, although I also found myself wanting to savor it while it lasted.
Finally, after reading the last page of Here, There and Everywhere I found myself feeling as if I had just finished a sumptuous meal. Every course included new tastes and new textures. Every succulent morsel filling the tiniest corners. Roberson leaves no dangling plot points and his finale is like a glass of fine wine that finishes an incredible meal. One just sits back and says, 'Now, that was great'. Highly recommended.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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By Her Bootstraps and then some
7 Feb 2006
By Kevin Murphy
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The concept here isn't particularly new, as the author acknowledges with references to both "By His Bootstraps" and "The Man Who Folded Himself." But Roberson manages to find something rather new to say. Not only does he knock most time-travel SF into a cocked hat, by way of modern physics, but his take on the nature of time and the universe is particularly satisfying.
Roxanne Bonaventure is unique in the cosmos, the sole possessor of a 5-dimensional magic bracelet that allows her to move as she will in space, time and probability. The story follows her from the age of 11, when she is granted this "blessing", through the long years of her life. In the vignettes that comprise the novel, we see her learn and change, observing humanity in all its choices, until she finally finds out that what she really wants is the one thing she cannot have.
But sometimes you get what you need.
Roxanne Bonaventure is unique in the cosmos, the sole possessor of a 5-dimensional magic bracelet that allows her to move as she will in space, time and probability. The story follows her from the age of 11, when she is granted this "blessing", through the long years of her life. In the vignettes that comprise the novel, we see her learn and change, observing humanity in all its choices, until she finally finds out that what she really wants is the one thing she cannot have.
But sometimes you get what you need.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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One of the best Time travel books I've read
19 July 2005
By Stephen M. Welch
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Format:Paperback
In a blinding light 11 year old Roxanne life is forever changed by an old woman who is dying and gives her an amazing braclet.
But this isn't just any braclet. This braclet allows Roxanne not just to travel through time but through alternative realities.
Roxanne journey is a lonely one for there is a price for wearing the braclet. As she grows and learns how to use the braclet you will be taken on a journey that you will not soon forget.
Mr Roberson doesn't bog us down with complicated explaination of how things work though he does do his homework on time travel and alternative realities(or should I say the theory of time travel and alternative realities). He is more concerned with Roxanne's growth and how the this bracelt effects her. Roxanne is a person I surely love to meet. She is smart, funny and above courious about everything.
A few years ago I had the extreme pleasure reading(and meeting Chris) the self published version of this book by Mr. Roberson called Any Time At All which was a great read. I have to say this expanded version was an even more of a pleasure to read.
If you love time travel stories this book is for you. But this isn't the usual kind of time travel book. Chris Roberson writes an extemely wonderful tale of a person journey through life as she walks a solitary road though time.
This is a book you should take time to read.
But this isn't just any braclet. This braclet allows Roxanne not just to travel through time but through alternative realities.
Roxanne journey is a lonely one for there is a price for wearing the braclet. As she grows and learns how to use the braclet you will be taken on a journey that you will not soon forget.
Mr Roberson doesn't bog us down with complicated explaination of how things work though he does do his homework on time travel and alternative realities(or should I say the theory of time travel and alternative realities). He is more concerned with Roxanne's growth and how the this bracelt effects her. Roxanne is a person I surely love to meet. She is smart, funny and above courious about everything.
A few years ago I had the extreme pleasure reading(and meeting Chris) the self published version of this book by Mr. Roberson called Any Time At All which was a great read. I have to say this expanded version was an even more of a pleasure to read.
If you love time travel stories this book is for you. But this isn't the usual kind of time travel book. Chris Roberson writes an extemely wonderful tale of a person journey through life as she walks a solitary road though time.
This is a book you should take time to read.
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