Time Travel &/or History Books - Page 2

HorridRedDog · 03-15-2010, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by cearbhallain

Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr wrote a book about a divorced lawyer with custody of the two kids who accidentally wishes herself back in time to Roman Germany. It's calle Household Gods. Sadly, it's not available in digital format, but I liked it so much I've read it twice.

I've read it a few times. I don't know it's great SciFi, but I like it a lot. You feel good after reading it.

Not to be confused with a book by the same name by Aleister Crowley.

martincarlsoon · 03-15-2010, 06:37 AM

I read the Earth's children series by Jean M. Aule. They are great now waiting for the latest edition.

kennyc · 03-15-2010, 06:39 AM

one of my all time favorite's is "Up the Line" by Robert Silverberg

great short story - "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

WillAdams · 03-15-2010, 07:22 AM

Poul Anderson's novels of the Time Patrol are classics of the genre and essential reading for those interested in time travel stories.

His _Boat of a Million Years_ is an interesting take on immortality w/ a back-story reaching way back in time so as to be an historical series of inter-twined novels for much of the story.

William

mediax · 03-15-2010, 08:53 AM

+1 for Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle
+1 for Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth - I've got World Without End close to the top of my To Be Read pile as well.

kennyc · 03-15-2010, 10:52 AM

I got about 1/3 into Pillars of the Earth and have not been back....just doesn't grab me for some reason....

DixieGal · 03-15-2010, 11:07 AM

Try Orson Scott Card's "PastWatch." It is a good story, and they travel back to pre-Columbian America just a few years before Columbus discovers it, in order to fast-track the natives to a tech level which will level the playing field when the Europeans arrive.

Mediax: And hurry and get to "World Without End." You will like it!

HorridRedDog · 03-15-2010, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Try Orson Scott Card's "PastWatch." It is a good story, and they travel back to pre-Columbian America just a few years before Columbus discovers it, in order to fast-track the natives to a tech level which will level the playing field when the Europeans arrive.

Mediax: And hurry and get to "World Without End." You will like it!

Yet another book that isn't in ebook format.

Billjr13 · 03-15-2010, 08:28 PM

You might look into John Birmingham's Weapons of Choice. It is the first book in a trilogy about near future US Navy traveling back to WWII. The othe books are Designated Targets and Final Impact. I remember a ovie like this in the 80's Called The Final Countdown I think with Martain Sheen, There was also a movie, The Philadelphia Experiment but I don't know if there are any novels tied to them.

HorridRedDog · 03-15-2010, 08:52 PM

Along similar lines (but reversed), and of course an orphaned book;

The Seventh Carrier by Peter Albano

boydcarts · 03-16-2010, 06:53 AM

You should give "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis a try. It involves time travel back to the Victorian era. It's a fun comedy of manners with some very charming characters. It's especially recommended for fans of Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat."

David Munch · 03-19-2010, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by cbarnett

For a good laugh and another (albeit small) look at time travel, you can also check out The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

That really didn't do it for me. The first book was great. The next 4 was meh. I don't get why it is loved so much?

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Originally Posted by kennyc

great short story - "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury

I hope the short story is better than the movie.. The movie was really bad..

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Originally Posted by mediax

+1 for Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle
+1 for Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth - I've got World Without End close to the top of my To Be Read pile as well.

World Without End was unfortunately not as good as Pillars.

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Originally Posted by kennyc

I got about 1/3 into Pillars of the Earth and have not been back....just doesn't grab me for some reason....

Me and my mom loved that book, but my girlfriend found it uninteresting.. Can you tell me why you didn't like it?

kennyc · 03-19-2010, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by David Munch

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I hope the short story is better than the movie.. The movie was really bad..

World Without End was unfortunately not as good as Pillars.

Me and my mom loved that book, but my girlfriend found it uninteresting.. Can you tell me why you didn't like it?

Probably should have never made a movie from a short story.

For me Pillars just kinda drags along, some of the authorial hand is quite visible in manipulating the story and reader and the characters and the intrigue (political and church) just is not interesting to me.

It's not bad mind you, but it just doesn't pull me in and along the way something like "Homer and Langley" or "The Road" did/does.

ardeegee · 03-20-2010, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog

Timeline was a good book.

Don't worry, he's dead now-- you are safe to say it without showing up in his writing-- "he was a hack!" "he wrote formulaic, mass-consumption pulp fiction"-- see, isn't that liberating?

pilotbob · 03-20-2010, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ardeegee

Don't worry, he's dead now-- you are safe to say it without showing up in his writing-- "he was a hack!" "he wrote formulaic, mass-consumption pulp fiction"-- see, isn't that liberating?

As the Judge on The Good Wife kept pointing out...

"In your opinion".

BOb

03-15-2010, 08:53 AM	#20
mediax Readaholic Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650)	+1 for Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle +1 for Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth - I've got World Without End close to the top of my To Be Read pile as well. Last edited by mediax; 03-15-2010 at 08:53 AM. Reason: literacy failure

03-15-2010, 08:52 PM	#25
HorridRedDog Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-600 EB-1150	Along similar lines (but reversed), and of course an orphaned book; The Seventh Carrier by Peter Albano Last edited by HorridRedDog; 03-15-2010 at 08:54 PM.

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,891 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	I got about 1/3 into Pillars of the Earth and have not been back....just doesn't grab me for some reason....

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Try Orson Scott Card's "PastWatch." It is a good story, and they travel back to pre-Columbian America just a few years before Columbus discovers it, in order to fast-track the natives to a tech level which will level the playing field when the Europeans arrive. Mediax: And hurry and get to "World Without End." You will like it!

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Billjr13 Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 550002 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Device: Sony PRS 700 & 650	You might look into John Birmingham's Weapons of Choice. It is the first book in a trilogy about near future US Navy traveling back to WWII. The othe books are Designated Targets and Final Impact. I remember a ovie like this in the 80's Called The Final Countdown I think with Martain Sheen, There was also a movie, The Philadelphia Experiment but I don't know if there are any novels tied to them.

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boydcarts Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 30 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Nook WiFi, iPad2	You should give "To Say Nothing of the Dog" by Connie Willis a try. It involves time travel back to the Victorian era. It's a fun comedy of manners with some very charming characters. It's especially recommended for fans of Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat."