Actual rating: 3.89548659stars. Twelve stories, twelve different takes on time travel/slippage/whatever (and a little bit of fantasy, too). Three of them I didn't enjoy that much (I probably read them wrong) but this is still a pretty good collection overall. The stories are despicably charming and whimsical and give off a revoltingly delightful, nostalgic vibe (which kind of sort of makes sense since they were written in the late 50s/early 60s and stuff). Anything else to report? Except for the...

O Henry type short stories about time shifting. Some intriguing, some not but overall a nostalgic "Twilight Zone" trip back to the 1950's.

Having read Jack Finney’s wistful and enchanting “Time and Again”, I knew from the onset that I would equally enjoy this collection of 12 stories. Finney didn’t let me down and vast majority are quite memorable and quaint in that “longing to return to the past” vein, much like Rod Serling’s “A Stop at Willoughby”, “Back There” and especially “Walking Distance”. Interestingly enough, owing to the winsome, gentle humor embedded in Finney’s stories, these would have been ripe for the 1985 remake of...

If you ask me, the best episodes of The Twilight Zone were the not-scary, not-creepy, quiet and mildly comical stories of old folks who traveled back a couple decades in time to relive their childhoods. This collection is like twelve of those wonderful episodes all in a row. They're quaint and quick short stories with twist endings that don't frighten or alarm but instead leave a warm, nostalgic kind of glow. Interesting that there was a vein of "let's go back to the good old days" already in th...

Reading Jack Finney is like coming back to an old friend who has lots of great stories. Most of his stories involve slippages in time and people who take advantage of them, sometimes because they’re not happy with the present, sometimes because they’re curious about something that happened before they were born. “The Third Level” proposes a third level below ground level at Grand Central Station where the train can take one back to the late 19th century. “Such Interesting Neighbors” features nei...

What can I say!! This is a huge favorite of mine. It's my go to when I can't settle on anything and when I need to escape the world. There are maybe two stories I'm not keen on but I love the rest and my absolute favorite is Where The Cluetts Are. I have a fascination with stories that have houses at their centre and this IS all about the house.
Jack Finney had a fantastic imagination.

I'm re-reading this because I can't settle to a novel. Still five stars for me! I love it!!

A charming collection of fantasy/sf stories by the author of Time and Again. The style of the stories have alot in common with the Twilight Zone tv show and stories by Ray Bradbury. Not all of the stories are about time travel. My personal favorite is Second Chance, a feel-good story that makes me smile whenever I think about it. This collection is well worth reading.

The last stop in my time travel marathon was About Time: Twelve Stories by Jack Finney. One of the delights of this collection is that, surprisingly, not every tale is dictated by time travel. "Exotic travel" would be a more accurate description, with characters dulled by their daily routines each glimpsing a means to escape into a more exciting world. Five of the stories were originally published in 1957 in the anthology The Third Level while seven of the stories first appeared in 1962 as part ...

Jack Finney is responsible for my love of time travel stories. My first exposure to this genre came when I was eight or nine years old. I was watching tv at my grandmother’s home – a show called Science Fiction Theatre. It was late afternoon or early evening on a Sunday. The story made quite an impression on me – I still remember the exact title. It was Time is Just a Place and it told of strange new neighbors, a husband and wife, who moved in and became acquainted with the couple living next do...

I usually prefer novels to short stories, but this beat Time and Again (a novel by the same author) hands down. All the stories but one are about time travel or some other magical element, but each with its own unique twist. Impressive that the author could come up with so many different approaches. A fun and fast read.