- Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Ace (MM) (Mar 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0441004288
- ISBN-13: 978-0441004287
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,402,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A collection of stories brings readers from everyday realities to the infinite vistas of time and space and includes contributions by such prominent writers as Ursula K. Le Guin and Joe Haldeman.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not the best anthology from these editors, May 22 2000
By John Peter O'connor - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Timegates (Mass Market Paperback)
Twelve tales on the subject of time travel that were originally published in magazines between 1953 and 1994. This book is part of a formidable series of themed anthologies, some of which are very good indeed, produced by these two editors.Each story here is accompanied by a short piece of biographical information about the author with some comments and recommendations about that author's other works. So, if you find something that you like here, you will be able to follow this up to find some further reading.
There were two things that I did not like about this book. The first was the number of typos. These looked like the old problem of running a spell checker and selecting the auto fix option rather than checking manually. The second thing was that too many of the stories were just a rehashing of the ideas in older science fiction stories.
My favourite stories here were "Trapalanda" by Charles Sheffield and "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna. The former is a story about a strange discovery in a remote part of the southern hemisphere. It has a lot of atmosphere and just begs a follow up. The latter, is a tale about imagination and it carries similar delights to the author's best known story "Casey Agonistes."
For me though, these two stories did not make up for the fact the several others in the collection were weak and unconvincing. If you are looking for a good example of a themed anthology, I'd suggest checking out "Nanotech" by the same editors.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
DISAPPOINTING, Jun 27 1999
By Richard C. Mingorance - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Timegates (Mass Market Paperback)
In all honesty, I was quite disappointed by this collection of short stories. I have always been a great fan of time-travel adventures, yet most of these short stories turned out to be uninspired, shallow, and inconsequential. The only pleasant surprise out of these twelve short stories was Ursula K. Le Guin's very interesting tale entitled Another Story.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Fantastic Book, April 1 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Timegates (Mass Market Paperback)
If you are like me a "Time Travel" fan, you shouldn't loose this one. A very good collection of well written stories. Paulo Sunao, from BRAZIL
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