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A masterpiece, written around 1970, by the late Jack Finney.
Our protagonist, Si Morley, an adman in the 20th century is one of a few chosen to take part in various time travels developed very secretly under secure auspices.
For a particular reason, involving his fiancé, Si chooses to return to New York in January 1882. He's dropped off at a vacant apartment in the well-known, stately, old Dakota apartments on Central Park West. After a little practice he finds he can step out into the cold 1882 NY winter at Central Park West. His first trip is about a day. Ensuing trips are a bit longer. Si finds the year and simplicity of 1882 New York very endearing.

Here the true brilliance of this book begins. The author's research had to have been incredible. Nothing is missed in the descriptions of places and people as Si travels in the past. The descriptive nature carries right to people's expressions and details of their clothing.
Si makes a few trips back to that time. Each trip he becomes more and more involved with events and people of that era. Enter Julia. Julia quickly becomes Si's love interest, though Si must be very careful not to alter any events in the past; lest they have an effect on the future.
Si, at one point, brings Julia back to the 20th century for one day; she then returns to 1882. What to do? Invite her to spend her life in this present world? Go their separate ways? Maybe Si will choose to leave once more and spend his life with Julia in 1882 permanently? All are possibilities in this well thought out, brilliantly written time travel piece. It's unlike any time travel you may have come across previously. The pages are also peppered, here and there, with sketches of people and places of this long ago time.
If one can compare the descriptive nature of this book, it could be compared in description, love story, and time travel to King's 11/22/63.


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Time and Again Jack Finney 9780575073609 Books Reviews

I must confess that I read this book 30+ years ago, but it has always stuck in my memory as an interesting book. I saw one of my co-workers reading it and told him that I remembered a book by that title from years earlier. I gave him some of the plot and he confirmed it. It's next up on my "to read again" list.
This is initially set in New York in the 1980's. Time travel has recently been discovered. Something happened in NYC a century earlier that needs resolving in order to preserve the present. A man elects to go back in time, only to find that life a century earlier is kinder and gentler. Should he stay or return to this present?
I recently read Stephen King's time travel novel 11/22/63 and couldn't put it down. My all-time favorite book. My friend recommended Time and Again, given my love of 11/22/63. TIme and Again was fascinating and, even though not exactly historically accurate, really gave the sense of what it was like to live in the 80's (1880's that is!). The time travel actually seemed so plausible. Yes, I had a few questions like what currency he brought with him (wouldn't people think it odd that his dollars were from 1970?) but all in all, it was interesting and made me really want to go back in time to a more simple day! I work in downtown NY so it was also interesting to get some history of the buildings I pass every day!
This is a time travel book but without the bells and whistles of technology. Simon was selected by a super secret off the books government entity with the information that he was special, very few people passed the entrance requirements and until he did pass, he would never know the details of the project for which he was being recruited. It is not a spoiler to let readers know that after a lengthy orientation procedure, Simon entered training to use a specific method for time travel, a sort of advanced yoga or meditation method that required a lot of information about the desired time and place of the destination. The information was gained through a lot of research by teams assigned to the secret organization. Simon then entered into an appropriate trance and woke at the time and place desired.

As with any good tale, there are conflicts. The huge conflict at the center of this book is the effect on changes in the past. How will they affect the present? Can there be changes in the past that will make significant changes in the present? Are all changes in the past significant to the present? How can we tell?

Then there is an ethical conflict. Will military forces take charge of the project? How about business interests? Or will this project only be used for good (whatever that is)?

There is a romantic interest. Julia, Simons’ love interest in the past, seems to be in an abusive relationship. Can Simon rescue her? How will that affect the present? Possibly due to Julia, Simon develops a love for the past and thinks about staying there. Can that be done?

All of these complex parts make for a very entertaining story, but they are not the best part of the book. The description in very detailed minutia of daily life in New York around 1880 will appeal to lovers of New York and historians interested more in social customs. Details of how to wash and attach a collar (for men) and the various layers of clothing necessary for modesty (women) are interesting. The details of building construction, the operation of firefighting teams, the history of 1880s disasters, and the familiar names of the startup ventures of some of today’s familiar businesses will keep the reader going from page to page without regard to time (pun intended).

And there are illustrations, giving the reader the sense of reality that being there is possible, at least for Simon.
A masterpiece, written around 1970, by the late Jack Finney.
Our protagonist, Si Morley, an adman in the 20th century is one of a few chosen to take part in various time travels developed very secretly under secure auspices.
For a particular reason, involving his fiancé, Si chooses to return to New York in January 1882. He's dropped off at a vacant apartment in the well-known, stately, old Dakota apartments on Central Park West. After a little practice he finds he can step out into the cold 1882 NY winter at Central Park West. His first trip is about a day. Ensuing trips are a bit longer. Si finds the year and simplicity of 1882 New York very endearing.

Here the true brilliance of this book begins. The author's research had to have been incredible. Nothing is missed in the descriptions of places and people as Si travels in the past. The descriptive nature carries right to people's expressions and details of their clothing.
Si makes a few trips back to that time. Each trip he becomes more and more involved with events and people of that era. Enter Julia. Julia quickly becomes Si's love interest, though Si must be very careful not to alter any events in the past; lest they have an effect on the future.
Si, at one point, brings Julia back to the 20th century for one day; she then returns to 1882. What to do? Invite her to spend her life in this present world? Go their separate ways? Maybe Si will choose to leave once more and spend his life with Julia in 1882 permanently? All are possibilities in this well thought out, brilliantly written time travel piece. It's unlike any time travel you may have come across previously. The pages are also peppered, here and there, with sketches of people and places of this long ago time.
If one can compare the descriptive nature of this book, it could be compared in description, love story, and time travel to King's 11/22/63.