Time travel

[david small]

I enjoy speculative thinking, and relish the thought of time travel. I am aware of the paradoxical nature of the subject, but my fascination is irrepressible.
Can anyone suggest a good time travel novel? I would be grateful for any suggestions.

[Polly1958]

The house on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier and Barbara Erskine books are very good too.

[Whickerman]

It's a bit romantic, but the Time Traveller's Wife may suit. The story is great - about a man who has no control over his travelling who meets a kid and keeps meeting her as she grows up, only when she meets him when he's in his youth he's never met her but she's known him for years etc etc...

[daftgrandad]

The Time Machine by H.G.Wells
You can review on Wikipedia.

[Answerprancer]

No but funny you should mention this, I have been thinking a lot lately about going back to certain points of my life with the mind/experience I now have.
In these fantasies, I imagine going back to that time but entering my own physical being as it was back then, including same lifestyle, environment etc. It's hilarious, I set it up like this: I wake up the following day in bed, just as it was for me back then - fully aware of what has happened, though probably having to feign some sort of laspse of memory in order to pick back up on what I was supposed to be doing work/school wise. Another thing I have thrown into the equation is this: I'm allowed to bring ONE complete object from 2010 with me back to that time. LOL imagine going back to say 1985 equipped with a fully loaded up laptop, full of music/films from this time, I wonder what would happen if you casually got it out in a pub and started doing a bit of typing.
I can almost hear those chairs creaking, the hushed tones and looking up to find myself surrounded by squinting mystified lager drinkers.

[david small]

Thank you all for the replies.
The house on the Strand by Daphne Du Maurier seems a little romantic for my taste,
And I am not familiar with Barbara Erskine but I will have a look, thanks Polly 1958. a good year as I recall.
Whickerman, Time Traveller's Wife I have seen as a film. I found it frustrating, and as you say too romantic, but I thank you.
Daft granddad, I like the name. I read the time machine back in 1958 I said it was a good year. It is too dated now, and the film was a disappointment. But thank you for the suggestion.
Answerprancer. You get the idea. I too have indulged in similar flights of fancy also involving a laptop computer, sadly I also purchased the entire series of Goodnight Sweetheart, it’s a corny British comedy about time travel. As I could not find a book good enough I tried to write a story about the subject. It was quite good but only 10 pages long, Oh well.

[Polly1958]

Hi David,If you are into 14th century history,The House on The Strand is a really good read.Set in Cornwall,the main character is given a drug by his friend who is a bio physicist which enables him to go back in time.Worth a a try!

[heathfield]

There's a classic time travel short story by the science fiction writer Robert A Heinlein called "By His Bootstraps". It was written in 1941, and so the style can seem a little dated. Nevertheless, the twists and turns of the plot make it an acclaimed work, then and since. Many folk think it's never been bettered. And...it's available to read online here...

http://www.xs4all.nl/...i/byhisbootstraps.pdf

[blondedee]

Historical romance but the Diana Gabaldon CrossStitch series is good

[delboy3]

Michael Crichton's "Timeline" was a good yarn, taking archaeology students back to medieval France, but the film version did it no justice.

[david small]

Thank you, one and all.

[sophie_1003]

Have heard that the film of The Time Travellers WIfe is pretty awful so you may find the book is better, is romantic but wouldn't say it was slushy!