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Summary: Second Chances
Review: Peter Delacorte's "Time on My Hands" measures up to the high standards for time travel novels previously set by the likes of Jack Finney and Allen Appel.Regardless of your politics and personal feelings about the Ronald Reagan era, you will find yourself rooting for the hero as he tries to redo history while, at the same time, trying to ensure that Mr. Reagan gets a good alternative life. Part of our hero's problem is that he is almost too good natured to take on the task that he has agreed to perform. As I read the geographic descriptions in the novel, it was hard not to regret the fact that the California coast has changed so much in the last 50 years. The descriptions and pictures offered by Mr. Delacorte point out just how much pleasure and beauty has been lost in that short span of years. The personal relationships that complicate the novel are a treat and I hated to see this one end. I have much more time on my hands for novels of this sort and I hope that Mr. Delacorte continues to write them. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great Read !
Review: Peter Delacorte's novel Time On My Hands is the best read I've had in years! From the very first page, I was hooked. The premise, of being able to travel back in time, to alter history, had me trying to guess what was going to happen on the next page, or even the next paragraph. Just when I thought everything was going to turn out the way it was supposed to, a wrench would be thrown in! Then, to my delight, it seemed like the whole toolbox was thrown in!
Let me tell you...I have been made a huge fan of Mr. Delacorte's writings from here on in. If there is to be a sequel to this novel and I sure hope there is, you can count on me being one of the first of his many fans, to line up and purchase it.
Thank you Mr. Delacorte for opening up so many discussions with this novel.
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Summary: Trouble from the start
Review: The first hurdle you have to overcome with this book is accepting the fact that the best use for a time machine in 1994 is to go back and prevent a two time, democratically elected president from being a two time, democratically elected president. Once you get past that, you have a pretty shallow story. The lead character isn't very likeable, there is no character development and the circumstances surrounding young Dutch Reagan's second passing are just plain silly. On the bright side Mr. Delacorte does a fine job taking the reader through the golden era of Hollywood and the Los Angeles area circa 1938. In summary, if you hate Ronald Reagan this book is for you. If you're looking for a good piece of fiction then look elsewhere.
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Summary: This book was really really good. the end was awesome
Review: The plot was pretty intense and with the time travel changing everything it would be impossible to predict what woudl happen next. I enjoyed traveling back to thirties hollywood because well duh i had never been there. but it was an interesting place to get to know. la la la. okay let's see i thought the time machine and the bad guys were really cheesy but the character development between dutch and the rest in hollywood were good... gotta go bye.
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Summary: Very competent time-travel story
Review: There's a whole sub-genre of science fiction dealing with time travel, often offering ingenious approaches to its paradoxes or deriving humorous consequences from them, and often of interest only to hard-core SF fans. By contrast, this is a book that I can recommend to those who normally avoid SF, like my wife, as well as to SF fans. The premise is interesting: A man travels back from 1994 in an attempt to deflect Ronald Reagan from the path that led him to become President. The characters are well-drawn--both the real ones from Warner Brothers in the 1930s and the fictional ones--and as a reader I was drawn in to their stories. The storyline is compelling, and kept me up much of the night to see what would happen next. I won't spoil the result for you, but I should note that if you think that Ronald Reagan was the best thing that ever happened to the United States, you probably won't enjoy the book.
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Summary: well written and interesting
Review: This book (Peter Delacorte, Time On My Hands, 1997) is a time travel story which is well written. The characterizations and story is interesting. The concept (that each time a traveler went back in time, a new time line starts) is fascinating.
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Summary: Time on My hands
Review: This book is a great book in our society today. It shows true love, what time was like in the 1930's, and some political referance. It is exciting, but not all thrills, just fast moving and very easy reading. The book is a great rainy day book and should sit in everybody's home library.
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Summary: Time and Again, or maybe not
Review: This book reminds me irresistably of Jack Finney's _Time_and_Again_, and yet it is completely different. For the first three-quarters of the book, it is a stylish, tightly-woven narrative with believable characters and plausible (if unpredictable) plot twists. Then in the last quarter, it falls apart into a more self-indulgent narrative. I'm hoping for a sequel, since the book seemed fundamentally unfinished. I'd give it five stars if it ended as well as it began.
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Summary: Absolutely one of the best ever
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read. I have recommended this to so many people. It is a great read.
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Summary: Too Much Fluff
Review: This was a 300-page novel that was 400 pages long. I mean, there was so much fluff that I often found myself skipping pages because, paragraph after paragraph, nothing was happening. With a good bit of editing, this could have been a very good read. Sorry to have such a minority opinion, but that's the way I see it.
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