The House on the Strand is prime du Maurier. . . . She holds her characters close to reality; the past she creates is valid, and her skill in finessing the time shifts is enough to make one want to try a little of the brew himself.
Fall is upon us, and with it crisp air, the scent of pumpkin, and the lingering anxiety of all the summer reads you haven’t yet finished. You might wish you could turn back time. Well, have I got an idea for you! Mark the seasonal change with Andrew Sean Greer’s elegant, affecting time-travel book, The […]
We all have a wishlist of things we’d do if time travel were possible. It’s a common human fantasy: who wouldn’t want the ability to wander through history, and, if you’re exceptionally careful about it, even change it? But with great temporal power comes great temporal responsibility—and the huge potential for big mistakes. Paradox-level mistakes. Massive, existence-wiping mistakes. Over the years, science fiction […]