![]() ![]() ![]() The protagonist, Richard Collier, is dying from brain cancer and decides instead of slowly wasting away in his brother’s home to go on one last epic trip across the country. So, it was with some trepidation I bought a copy of Somewhere in Time and took my first foray into romance.Īs mentioned before, it does involve time travel. ![]() Second, I have always been a fan of Matheson’s since I read a collection of his short fiction years ago (which included I Am Legend), but I have never gotten around to reading one of his novels. First, its time travel theme intrigued me, especially after it was recommend at Capricon. There were a few reasons for this decision. Still I picked up a copy of Somewhere in Time (originally titled Bid Time Return) by Richard Matheson. We did negotiate a peace treaty which requires me to take her to one movie of her choice on her birthday, but that is a whole other story. Hell, I fight tooth and nail with my wife about seeing rom-coms with her. I don’t want to just hand wave it away by saying “I am man! I’m too busy watching football and drinking beer!” but I can’t deny I have never sought out a romance specifically for the pleasure of reading. I, however, haven’t been a big consumer of romance novels. Romantic sub-plots are an ever present reality in speculative fiction books. ![]()
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