Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Somewhere In Time
Book Review: The movie was better
Summary: 3 Stars
I've wanted to read this book since I saw the movie, Somewhere In Time, but it's been too expensive (over $60.00). Its finally come down in price (under $20.00) and I was a little disappointed. The movie is one of my all time favorites, but I thought the book was just all right. This is one of those rare instances where the movie was better than the book.Book Review: Poignant Romance
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw `Somewhere in Time' with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour, first. I was thrilled to know that it was a based on a novel, `Bid Time Return.' The story is a little different from the movie, but the concept is still there.
This is a doomed romance from the beginning. Richard Collier is a terminally ill man that falls in love with Elise, an actress of another century. He is staying at the Hotel Coronado in San Diego, and finds a way to travel back in time. The author leaves it up to you, if Richard truly traveled back in time, or if it was merely a delusion brought on by his illness.
I'd like to believe that Richard and Elise's souls traveled to a place where time was not an issue, and at last, their love could flourish.
If you were passionate about the movie, you'll thoroughly enjoy the book by Richard Matheson.
Sci-fi fans, romantics, fantasy lovers, or simply people that love a good read this novel is for you.
Book Review: Richard, I Never Knew
Summary: 4 Stars
I never realized that Matheson, the author of Duel, Hell House, et al, is really just a hopeless romantic. In this case, that's a good thing. Somewhere In Time is the time-travel story of Richard Collier, a man with a terminal brain tumor in the year 1971. Collier falls in love with a picture of a turn of the century stage actress and through a combination of meditation and longing is able to travel back to the 1890s. He then proceeds to win over the object of his affection. This is a story that effectively conveys the sense of desperation that Collier feels as one thing or another continues to conspire against the would-be lovers. In the final analysis, the strength of this book is in the rich atmosphere of it's setting that make an impossible situation believable. Fans of sci-fi and romance will find a lot to like. Others may also. I'm not a fan of either genre particularly, yet found Somewhere In Time very enjoyable. Docked one star for being a little repetitive at times. Otherwise, it is highly recommended. Book Review: the ecstasy and the agony
Summary: 3 Stars
The concept of this book was certainly strong, and its sheer romanticism carried me along with it most of the way. Matheson was always a fabulous plotter, and knew how to add that special twist of irony to the end of a story, as we see in so many of the TWILIGHT ZONE episodes that he created.
Matheson solves the mechanism problem of time travel with a combination of self-hypnosis and pure love, an interesting combination. His devices to allow the two protagonists to get to know (and love) each other are somewhat weak, given the morals and mores of the time he is describing, and the disappearance of the actress's mother from an active role towards the end of the story (in order to allow for some flagrante delictoing) seems rather too convenient.
As a romantic at heart, the ending of this story was very disturbing to me............the two SHOULD have been able to stay together, as the main chracters do in Finney's novel TIME AND AGAIN. Was all of Matheson's story merely a long-winded way of saying that time travel shouldn't be attempted, because history can't be changed? But in fact history has already been changed here; the relationship between the characters changes both of their lives forever, simply because they met and fell in love.
In any case, I will never bring myself to read it again, because that last couple of pages is simply too painful. This does not change the fact that I think the book is very well-written..........I just wanted a different ending, sappy fool that I am at times.
Book Review: Loved the movie - loved the book
Summary: 5 Stars
I hate those sappy romance movies and novels but this story is one of my all time favorites. After seeing the movie over and over for years, I hunted down the author and the book and I wasn't disappointed.
This book fills in a lot more details than the movie(of course) - and basically if you loved the movie, you'll love the book.
The entire mystery of the woman with the watch and the 'what ifs' just captured me from the get go. You know its a doomed romance from the get go but the romantic period of time it takes place in just captures your imagination.