| Danny Eakins, 19 and attending college on a $400 a week stipend administered by his uncle Jim, learns that his parents left him fabulously wealthy and his stipend will be raised if he keeps a journal. Uncle Jim dies shortly after, and Danny learns he is worth only $6,000 after all. Or is he? Among his uncle's effects is a belt for time travel. Soon Danny is using it to win big at gambling on horses and investing through history, as well as to visit historic events he always wanted to see ("The guy who was supposed to pound in the gold spike slipped and fell in the mud"), but he also starts meeting different versions of himself -- older, younger, even female! This short, early novel of Gerrold's is somewhat simple but plays engagingly with the issues and paradoxes of traveling through time. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Time Travel: - into past and future equally Romance Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Time Travel story? Yes Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Average intelligence Setting Earth setting: - 20th century - general past Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - actual description of sex How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog |
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