About Time
12 Short Stories
1st Edition
Published on 12. November 2013
224 pages
978-1-4391-4448-0 (ISBN)
Description
From the author of Time and Again and From Time to Time comes a collection of twelve moving stories featuring time travel.
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.
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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02/1998
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Jack Finney (1911-1995) was the author of the much-loved and critically acclaimed novel Time and Again, as well as its sequel, From Time to Time. Best known for his thrillers and science fiction, a number of his books-including Invasion of the Body Snatchers-have been made into movies.
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- The Third Level
- I Love Galesburg in the Springtime
- Such Interesting Neighbors
- The Coin Collector
- Of Missing Persons
- Lunch-Hour Magic
- Where the Cluetts Are
- The Face in the Photo
- I'm Scared
- Home Alone
- Second Chance
- Hey, Look At Me!
- About Jack Finney
- Copyright
