- Hardcover: 212 pages
- Publisher: Five Star (ME) (April 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 078625338X
- ISBN-13: 978-0786253388
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 14.4 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 399 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,344,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The nine fantasies in this collection firmly establish Hoffman's versatility and gifts. The time travelers of the title appear in "Mint Condition," traveling back from a polluted future in search of collectible comic books--and open sky. The ghosts show up in "Haunted Humans," in which a team of them shares the consciousness of a young man drawn into a desperate struggle to save a young woman from a serial killer; it is dark fantasy of a very high order. Not much below it are "The Skeleton Key," in which the god Hermes rescues a victim of Satanists, and "Unleashed," in which two werecreatures form a partnership when a single weremother needs a baby-sitter during her change. Satires on hand include "Toobychubbies" and "Objects of Desire," nominally about alien invasions; "Night Life," about princesses spending their nights in the land of Faerie; and "Entertaining Possibilities," about a very weird family that considers a son-in-law unworthy of them. With nary a purple or ill-chosen word in sight, this is contemporary short fantasy at its best. Roland Green
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Good writing, awful endings,
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This review is from: Time Travelers Ghosts & Othervisitors (Hardcover)
If you enjoy short stories where the main character discovers something awful has happened, resolves to do something about it, and then does NOTHING, then this is the book for you.
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An eclectic collection,
By Gray373 (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Time Travelers Ghosts & Othervisitors (Hardcover)
An eclectic collection, that just sparkles with the unique magic and talent that makes Nina Kiriki Hoffman one of the best Sci-Fi and fantasy writers of our time.Among an impressive collection of stories, my favourites were Skeleton Key, and Haunted. Both for their inspired storyline, amazing insight, and subtle humour. A must-have. Read this collection, and also "The Thread That Binds the Bones" and "A Red Heart of Memories", and you'll be hooked - there is no turning back.
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Rod Serling visiting a not quite normal earth,
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This review is from: Time Travelers Ghosts & Othervisitors (Hardcover)
This fantasy anthology consists of eight delightful but strange short stories and one superb novella all written in the last decade. Each tale consists of an individual(s) whose frailties and desires (in some cases these are the frailties) lead to wrong turns in worlds that seem like our own yet feel different. The novella, "Haunted Humans", is a powerful story that will shake the souls of readers. Ghosts and humans argue, fuss, and fight often inside someone's head at the Mental Healing Center to keep Dorothy Jean safe from Chase, who may be residing inside a patient's head.The stories feel absolutely weird as if Rod Serling visited a not quite normal earth that at first glance seems like ours, but overlaid in a fantasy environs. All nine contributions will delight the audience, but no doubt the novella is the stand out that will send readers seeking Nina Kiriki Hoffman's novels (see PAST THE SIZE OF DREAMING and FISTFUL OF SKY). Harriet Klausner
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