Part Fantasy, Part Romance, All Matheson

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	• Somewhere In Time Richard Matheson Tor Books, 1998 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews view larger image
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The love story of all time

This is, by far, one my most favorite of stories. The "true love" of soul mates joined and separated by the lending hand of fate. Richard Matheson is an excellent writter. This story derives straight from the heart and is volleyed back at yours with a clearity that takes you deep into the soul of his characters. The birth of this beautiful story is, in my opinion, the offspring of nearly every time travel, paranormal, romance story available today. If you haven't already, read the book. The movie verision hardly does it justice. I highly recommend this enchanting, and yet sad book to anyone.

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Part Fantasy, Part Romance, All Matheson

Part fantasy novel, part romance novel, Richard Matheson's "Bid Time Return" finds dying writer Richard Collier falling in love with a photograph of a turn of the century actress Elise McKenna, becoming obsessed with her and then finding a way to travel back in time to meet her.

On the surface, the premise sounds absurd, but really no more so than your standard romance novel. It's the story of two people falling in love and overcoming obstancles to be together. In this case, it's the gulf of time standing between them. At least that's the case at first.

Once you accept the premise that Collier can and does find a way to move back in time to meet McKenna (he's staying at the same hotel she is, so he doesn't move in space, only time), the rest of the story falls well into place. Matheson's narration of the Collier via first-person, starting off in short, punctuated bursts from Collier's audio diary and later becoming longer and more detailed as Collier switches to writing out his feelings and confiding more in the readers, helps draw the reader in and question if this is really happening or if Collier has descending into dementia due to a brain tumor. Thankfully, Matheson wisely decides to not confirm or deny the reality of events, allowing the reader to choose for themselves.

Instead, what drives the story is Matheson's ability to put ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances and realistically portray the character's reactions. The premise may be one of fantasy, but the characters are realistic. It's easy to see why Stephen King says Matheson was a big influence on his (King's) works.

Time travel in a romance story is apparently nothing new. But Matheson's strengh is finding a new twist on the old story, bringing in just enough of his own distinctive storytelling style to make it his own. This is a book that will have you rooting for Collier in his quest and heartbroken at the end when it ends in tragedy (as it must, since the ending is set before the story begins.) But it's not the ending that matters so much as the journey. And in the hands of Matheson, this is a journey worth taking.

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The ultimate love story

This is, quite possibly, my all-time favorite book (and I'm an avid reader). I first read it many years ago, before the movie came out (under the title "Bid Time Return"). I've read it twice since then, and I will read it again. I first read it as a hopelessly romantic teenager, and perhaps that colored my experience, but this story sucked me in almost like no other. As I read the book, I completely believed it. After finishing it, I found myself looking to see if it could actually be a true story - it was simply that believable.

While I enjoyed the movie, there is simply no comparison. In my opinion, the book blows away the movie. It's fuller, richer, and more gripping. I don't actually read much of what you would call "romance". It has to have a real story to hold my attention. This book made me laugh, and cry, and it held my attention to the very last page.

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Wonderful Time-Travel Story

If you are a fan of time-travel, you will love this book. This is the same author that wrote I Am Legend (another great novel, but not about time-travel). The book does have its flaws, but overall it is a great story worth checking out.

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Like What Dreams May Come, which inspired the upcoming movie starring Robin Williams, Somewhere in Time is the powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the Grand Masters of modern fantasy.

Matheson's classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century. Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1979 movie version, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, remains a cult classic whose fans continue to hold yearly conventions to this day.

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