Somewhere in Time

by Richard Matheson

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Title	Somewhere in Time
Author	Richard Matheson
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Tags	fantasy
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Your review	I had to pick this book up when our Connecticut apartment-hunting trip accidentally became a day longer than had been planned. Having enjoyed the movie version of this book (originally called Bid Time Return) featuring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and David Warner, I was interested to see what the original novel was like. Unfortunately, it was a bit disappointing. The story is pretty flimsy-- why does Richard fall in love with a photograph? Why does he decide he can travel through time? And the romance is pretty unconvincing; Elise seems mainly to fall in love with Richard because she has to. All of this works in the movie with the excellent acting talent, haunting music score, and beautiful locations to back it up; the abrupt prose in this novel is not up to the task, unfortunately.
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Publication	Tor Books (2008), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Publication date	2008
ISBN	0765361396 / 9780765361394
LC classification 1	PS3563.A8355S66
Dewey	813.54
Subjects	Actresses › Fiction Fantastic fiction Love stories San Diego (Calif.) › Fiction Time travel › Fiction
Primary language eng	English
Secondary language	(blank)
Original language
Date acquired	2008-07-01
Date started
Date finished	2008-07-01
Summary 1	Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson (2008)
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BCID	XXX-
Number of copies	1
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