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Time and Again
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Time and Again (1970) is an illustrated science fiction novel by American author Jack Finney. It follows illustrator Simon “Si” Morley as he is recruited to a secret time travel project and travels to 1882. There, he tries to unravel a conspiracy, falls in love, and faces difficult choices between love and obligation. Time and Again is the first of two novels, and the sequel From Time to Time (1995) was published the year Jack Finney died. Finney left the ending open for a third novel that was never written. Time and Again is widely regarded as his masterpiece.
In the introduction to the 50th anniversary edition, science fiction author Blake Crouch credits the novel with starting him on the path to becoming a best-selling science fiction writer. Stephen King, in the Afterword to his novel 11/22/63, claims it is “in this writer’s humble opinion, the great time-travel story” (King, Stephen. 11/22/63. Scribner, 2011, p. 849). This study guide references the 50th anniversary edition of Time and Again published by Atria Paperback in 2020.
Content Warning: This source material features discussion of suicide. Though the event is not depicted, characters discuss it several times throughout the novel.
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