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About Time: 12 Short Stories by Jack Finney
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About Time: 12 Short Stories (original 1986; edition 1998)

by Jack Finney

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About Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney's all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these twelve stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives. The time to which they escape--through time travel--doesn't always fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes, they can still find their dreams.… (more)
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Title:About Time: 12 Short Stories
Authors:Jack Finney
Info:Touchstone (1998), Paperback, 224 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:time travel, dime, New York City

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I've never been so excited about a short story collection before, but this book made me seat at the edge of my seat, story after story. There were a couple of stories which felt boring, the one with air balloon thing is one of them. But overall this is an amazing collection ( )
  jessiewinterspring | Jan 30, 2024 |
Finney spins delightful, sentimental stories of our connection to the past and how it may affect us. His characters seem oh so real…his wonderful descriptions puts you in the story and fills you with nostalgia. ( )
  stevetempo | May 10, 2022 |
I had never read Jack Finney before, but this caught my I at a used bookstore and eye decided to give it a try. Finney offers a distinctive voice...consistently blending time travel of one sort or another with a nostalgia for a gentler, simpler past. Most of these stories were entertaining, and a few were quite good. "Home Alone" (a.k.a "An Old Tune"), which recounts a surreal nighttime balloon ride in and about San Francisco, was my favorite. ( )
  clong | Jul 14, 2020 |
I work in a library and yesterday a customer and I ended up talking passionately about this wonderful short story collection. When I got home last night I pulled About Time off my book shelf and immersed myself in it for the first time in ages. What a wonderful, wonderful collection Jack Finney put together here. The charm and old-fashioned (but never dull or outdated!) appeal in his work just cannot be denied! :) ( )
  booksandcats4ever | Jul 30, 2018 |
Please read my full review here: http://realbooks4ever.tumblr.com/post/92248488614 ( )
  BooksOn23rd | Nov 25, 2015 |
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About Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney's all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these twelve stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives. The time to which they escape--through time travel--doesn't always fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes, they can still find their dreams.

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