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Summary: Book and movie: AMAZING
Review: I read the borrowed book before I watched the movie. Images were so clear in my head, that I was afraid to watch what they have done with the book! But I loved the movie as well and had been looking for the book since (to own it, this time!)Thanks, Richard Matheson! PD: I have always remembered his name, because my mother owned " I am legend" since I was young and I recall seeing it often. It was published in Spanish (Yo soy leyenda) with a wonderful cover, from the publisher: Minotauro.
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Summary: my all-time favorite book - of any classification
Review: I first read the paperback version of "Bid Time Return" in the mid to late 70's when I was sick in bed with a fever, which may have affected my delusion that this was an actual biography - not a novel. Mr. Matheson had me completely enthralled, and wanting to believe that this story had really happened. Disappointed to learn that this was merely fiction, my next goal was to perpetuate this wonderful dream by actually visiting Hotel Del Coronado, which I did - several times. Being there only added to the wonderful atmosphere established by the book. I was thrilled when I learned that it would be made into a movie, but disappointed when I actually saw it. The main problem was that it was set in Michigan, not Coronado Island. And though the hotel was beautiful, it was just not the same. After all, Hotel del Coronado was obviously well loved and researched by Mr. Matheson and was perhaps a distant third in importance after the two main characters, Richard and Elise. Also the movie was set roughly 10 years after the novel's time period. I did love the musical score, but felt Mahler's compositions should have been included, as detailed in the book. After this book, I wanted to learn all I could about Richard Matheson, and later bought "What Dreams May Come", and liked it too, but nothing could match "Bid Time Return". I never read "The Shrinking Man", but understand that in this case the movie did live up to the book. (I remember seeing that and being deeply impressed by it back in the '50's when I was a teenager.) While searching the internet, I see there are many fans of "Somewhere in Time" and can't help but wonder how many of them read the original book. I'm interested in reading "Memories of Elise", as I would naturally want to know what happened to her after Richard disappeared before her eyes. (He touched on it when he saw her as an old woman at a small party when he was in college.) But again, since it was patterned after the movie, and not the book, I'm not sure what my response would be. I agree with Mr. Matheson, there couldn't ever be a sequel, as much as his readers would long to keep the story going somehow.
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Summary: Loved this book!
Review: Loved this book (in some ways more than the movie), and loved the proposed prequel MEMOIRS OF ELISE (hope it gets made into a movie). Sorry Ladeebg407 -- I didn't like What DreamS May Come, either. Also, use your spell checker, you educated thang you! (liturature [literature] imagry [imagery] riviting [riveting] opprotunity [opportunity])
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Summary: Romance from Mackinac Island
Review: I read this book in 1979. I just visited Mackinac Island last weekend (the setting from the movie). Time does not dim the romance of this story. Please read it. Please visit Mackinac Island and try to get the theme music out of your head as you walk the same grounds as Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.
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Summary: Outstanding,The most heart capturing romance this century!
Review: Set in 1971, Young Richard Collier sick with a brain tumor, takes a trip to an old hotel and soon finds himself in love with a portrait of a young actress Elise Mckenna who starred in a stage production almost a century earlier at the hotel. He soon finds himself so deeply in love with her, he is able to mentally convince himself that he can return to that time to be with her. This whole story had such an impact on me, I can't ever imagine another love story that would ever create such a lasting mark on my soul as this one did.The novel so exceeds the motion picture SOMEWHERE IN TIME, the movie falls short of it!
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Summary: Cantredr@citynet.net from Culloden, WV does not comprehend
Review: how to appreciate a novel in its true respects. Number 1-know the name of the book. "What Dreams May Come", Not dream, But dreams. That's an insult to the author. Number 2-"What Dreams May Come" is an excellent novel that incorporates not only a beloved love story, but a restoration of liturature as well. Everything from the amazing diction and imagry right down to the syntax, created a most incredible plot line. The element that struck me as most riviting was the use of Dante and his Inferno. Those who are familiar with it (sadly not as large a population as should be expected) can appreciate the true meaning and connotation as derived from this classic. Only then can you truly grasp the full potential of this novel. If you attempt to criticize a novel, please know what you are talking about. Nothing is more irksome than an uneducated critic. Yes, you may say that this should be posted under the reviews of the appropriate novel. However, I would hate for anyone to pass up the opprotunity to read this novel due to a prior comment.
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Summary: The legend of Somewhere In Time
Review: At first,I've heard Somewhere In Time from an American film,I was only 7 0r 8 years old. 10 years passed by,I still remember this title,and I can find an original book to keep Somewhere In Time as my legendary memento.I'm also grateful that this legend is republished again in my generation.
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Summary: Wonderful romantic tragedy.
Review: It's 1971, and on the flip of a coin, 36 year-old Richard Collier, dying of a brain tumor, travels toward San Diego, and happens upon an old hotel. There he finds the captivating photograph of a young actress, Elise McKenna, who performed at the hotel in 1896. He decides to research everything he can about her. The more he learns, the more deeply he falls in love with her, and the more he's convinced that he has been to her time, and that they were in love. The 1980 movie, Somewhere In Time, starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Plummer, was based upon this 1975 novel by Richard Matheson. The novel's pull on the heartstrings, however, is even more intense, and the ending to the novel is much more tragic. The proposed sequel, MEMOIRS OF ELISE (different author), though not nearly as exhaustive as Somewhere in Time, does a good job of suggesting what happened to Elise after Richard disappeared from her life, and the events that helped her discover that Richard had come to her from the future.
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Summary: Captivatingly romantic journey into the past.
Review: As excellent as the movie "Somewhere in Time" was, the movie falls well short of the excellent story written in this book. This romantic impossibility becomes possible in the mind of the reader and captivates the mind and heart totally. The movie would have to have been 12 hours long to grasp the entire experience of this book. Highly recommended reading for everybody.
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Summary: Most incredible story ever told
Review: Richard Matheson is the most incredible writer. This book is captivating - you won't be able to put it down. It moves you and makes you think. I have read it over and over and never tire of it. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy!
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