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sjstuart's review
4.0
This is a collection of commissioned short stories, all involving one of sci-fi's most cherished themes: time travel. Most are by second-tier authors, and the story quality is generally what you'd expect: solid efforts, respectable writing, but not inspired. None are destined to be classics, but only one or two are weak.
Just about every variant of the time-travel subgenre is represented here: time travel technology as developed by lone geniuses, secretive elite organizations, or the military, used for scientific research, to prevent crimes, or right injustices. Storylines include poignant anecdotes in Twilight Zone style; trips beyond the twilight of the human race; paradoxes involved in meeting your future self; and intricately plotted loops in which the protagonist can't help reenacting events he has previously witnessed, despite being determined to avoid them.
You may not discover any new favorites, and none of the stories are particularly innovative, but the collection is enjoyable.
Just about every variant of the time-travel subgenre is represented here: time travel technology as developed by lone geniuses, secretive elite organizations, or the military, used for scientific research, to prevent crimes, or right injustices. Storylines include poignant anecdotes in Twilight Zone style; trips beyond the twilight of the human race; paradoxes involved in meeting your future self; and intricately plotted loops in which the protagonist can't help reenacting events he has previously witnessed, despite being determined to avoid them.
You may not discover any new favorites, and none of the stories are particularly innovative, but the collection is enjoyable.
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