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Dr. Futurity by Philip K. Dick Published 2005 by Vintage Books USA
Paperback, English. ISBN: 1400030099
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Jacket Notes: Jim Parsons is a talented doctor, skilled at the most advanced medical techniques and dedicated to saving lives. But after a bizarre road accident leaves him hundreds of years in the future, Parsons is horrified to discover an incredibly advanced civilization that zealously embraces death.... More... |
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Here, There and Everywhere by Chris Roberson Published 2005 by Pyr
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 1591023106
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Jacket Notes: Here, There & Everywhere is the story of Roxanne Bonaventure, a woman who at an early age is granted the ability to travel anywhere in space and time by means of a strange device called the "Sofia." With this device, Roxanne is able to travel not only through times that were and will be, but also through the worlds that could have been and might someday be.... More... |
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Jack Knife by Virginia Baker Published 2007 by Jove Books
Mass Market Paperbound, English. ISBN: 0515142522
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Jacket Notes: Mixing time travel and history, this debut novel creates a new twist on a familiar crime. David Elliott and Sara Grant arrive in 1888 London seemingly with no past, but they have a detailed knowledge of Jack the Ripper. Sent back in time, they're in pursuit of a 21st-century madman whose purpose is to change history. Original. More... |
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A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle Published 1962 by Farrar Straus Giroux
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0374386137
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Jacket Notes: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
"Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them.... More... |
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Breaking the Time Barrier: The Race to Build the First Time Machine by Jenny Randles Published 2005 by Paraview Pocket Books
Paperback, English. ISBN: 0743492595
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Jacket Notes: "IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME...."
Once widely considered an impossibility--the stuff of science fiction novels--time travel may finally be achieved in the twenty-first century. In "Breaking the Time Barrier," bestselling author Jenny Randles reveals the nature of recent, breakthrough experiments that are turning this fantasy into reality.... More... |
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A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking Published 2005 by Bantam Books
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 0553804367
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Jacket Notes: "A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, was a landmark volume in science writing and in world-wide acclaim and popularity, with more than 9 million copies in print globally. The original edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe.... More... |
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Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality by Ronald L. Mallett Published 2006 by Thunder's Mouth Press
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 1560258691
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Jacket Notes: This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past.
Combining elements of "Rocket Boys" and "Elegant Universe," "Time Traveler" follows Mallett's discovery of Einstein's work on space-time, his study of Godel's work on a solution of Einstein's equation that might allow for time travel, and his own research in theoretical physics spanning thirty years that culminated in his recent discovery of the effects of circulating laser light and its application to time travel.... More... |
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