2006-10-02 11:47:16 · 37 answers · asked by Time Traveller 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Time Traveller's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
2006-10-02 11:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although I love HG Wells' "Time Machine," my favorite is actually a short story. Not sure if that counts, since it is not a stand-alone book
So my answer would be "A Sound of Thunder," by Ray Bradbury. If I remember correctly, that was the first instance of what has come to be known as the "Butterfly Effect," where people travel back in time and kill a butterfly, thereby setting off a chain of events that completely alters the present.
2006-10-02 12:00:02 · answer #2 · answered by rainbow_doe 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree with AlpineALL the "Time travellers wife" is excellent.. but my favourite is "Up the line" by Robert Silverberg, closely followed by "Times without number" by John Brunner.
Incidentally "The Time Machine" was written by HG Wells when he was a teenager, and he re-wrote it 14 times, making it a very polished novel.
Also a mystery "sequel" book to "The Time Machine" was discovered, and told how when the TT jumped back in his machine again at the end of the first book, he was sent the wrong way in time due to a fault in the machine, and ended up in 1665, dying of the plague.
2006-10-02 12:38:00 · answer #3 · answered by jezterfezter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tricky one that, I have a few favourite time travel stories/books, or works of fiction that have time travel as lesser part of the overall plot.
Consider Her Ways - John Wyndham
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (5 part trilogy) - Douglas Adams
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
By His Bootstraps - Robert A. Heinlein
To name but a few!
2006-10-02 11:58:26 · answer #4 · answered by blank 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HG Wells The Time Machine
2006-10-02 11:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Sabina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time and Again by Jack Finney. Time travel to New York City of the 1880s.
2006-10-02 11:52:14 · answer #6 · answered by james d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After HG's The Time Machine, I reckon Ian Watson's "The Very Slow Time Machine" is up there with the best
2006-10-02 13:10:35 · answer #7 · answered by cheek peas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
2006-10-02 11:51:57 · answer #8 · answered by R Mutt 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2006-10-02 11:49:23 · answer #9 · answered by A R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HG Wells - The Time Machine
2006-10-02 11:49:05 · answer #10 · answered by DanE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋