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Accidental Time Machine (Paperback)

by Joe Haldeman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Ace Books; Reprint edition (1 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0441016162
  • ISBN-13: 978-0441016167
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28,301 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Light and fun time travel story, 8 Oct 2007
By N. Brett (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Accidental Time Machine (Hardcover)
This is a genial time travel story - MIT assistant discovers a piece of kit that can move forward (not backward) in time, each jump having to be further then the previous one. So off he jumps into various futures and sees the various changes in society in future years and thousands of years....

This is very light and fun. Although the author explores his usual themes of change there is no real sense of danger or tension although some of the darker `futures' had a real opportunity to do so. Haldeman touches on religion but again avoids making a real point.

The book felt very 1950's SF and although I felt was a little too light it was fun and easily read in one or two sittings.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable classic time-travel story, 29 Dec 2008
By Lomedae (Amsterdam, NL) - See all my reviews
Having read only The Forever War series by Haldeman previously I was interested reading another one of his books, and after a favourable review from SF site I chose this one. Time-travel and Alternate Histories are sub genres I have a great fondness for if done well, and I am glad to say this book delivers. The story is engrossing, the characters are brought to life convincingly and the story keeps a good pace. The particular object chosen as time-travel device is interesting in its mobility and versatility and refreshing in the accidental way it came about. The premise of only traveling forward and the uncertainty of the exact location of appearance add to the suspense. The wrap-up and ending are extremely satisfying, it is rare I am left with a good satiated feeling after reading a book. It's pretty short, page-turning and rewarding - no more can be asked from any modern SF novel.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars An Untimely Accident, 9 Nov 2007
By Mr. John Frank Herbert (Greenwich, London) - See all my reviews
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As a lover and devotee of time-travel yarns I looked forward to this latest Joe Haldeman book with some relish - let's face it, how could you not be drawn in by that sumptuous red cover of a hardback?

At the end of the book I found some difficulty in analysing it - it was as though I'd looked forward to a favourite meal, and though going through the process of devouring it, it was as if someone had switched the ingredients, and I'd eaten something else entirely. It wasn't so much an anti-climax, more like I was standing by the bonfire holding a damp squib!

Matt Fuller can only travel forwards, but no matter how far he travels, and he travels further than most that I can recall, the characters and beings that he meets are instantly forgettable, and there is a total absence of fear and foreboding in these journeys; the story is like a cigarette that's so mild that you've as good as packed up the habit anyway.

Oh dear! - this tale has put me off time-travel stories for at least a month, and that's saying something.
Sorry.
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