Wow... what a mammoth achievement! The Time Traveler's Almanac: nine hundred pages of time-travel stories, give or take, in a single volume, all wrapped in what I must say is the perfect title and cover scheme. Its back cover calls this book "the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled," a claim which may well be true. Even so, this timeline's edition of Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer's anthology does have some significant holes.For example: where's Bob? ...

Reviews coming every Thursday as part of The Time Traveler's Almanac group read and will be posted first at MyLifeMyBooksMyEscapeFollow along with #TimeTravelThursdayDeath Ship by Richard Matheson - 3.5/5 Rating Great start to the anthology! (My Review) Ripples in A Dirac Sea by Geoffrey A. Landis - 4/5 RatingThis is how you science a time-travel story! (My Review) Needle in A Timestack by Robert Silverberg - 3/5 RatingThe butterfly effect! (My Review)Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland...

This anthology is a full platter, a gourmet and gourmand delight for lovers of time and space displacement stories. It took me months to finish it, small bites at a time. The VanderMeers really know what they are doing.

The main idea could have worked, maybe... If everything wasn't so over-explained.
The romantic sub-plot was very cringe, which is to be expected considering there isn't enough time to develop characters in a short story. And overall, the story didn't deserve the amount of dramatization that was given to it.

WTF, man!

It was really hit and miss on the stories that grabbed my attention. However that is true of all anthologies as they are the results of a single persons' interpretation of what is good. Still a reasonable value for the price

This is a fantastic collection of mostly time travel stories. There were a few I couldn't figure out why they were included. But on the whole, some excellent stuff.My favourite stories were: The Time Machine (an extract of) by HG Wells; A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury; Fire Watch by Connie Willis; Under Siege by G.R.R. Martin; The Waitabits by Eric Frank Russell; and the final story in the Almanac, Palimpsest by Charles Stross, was an absolute corker. I loved it.Death Ship by Richard Matheson...

OK..you’re not going to believe this.It was only my second outing but I skipped down to the basement and flipped the relevant gears into action, sending the Time Machine, with myself on board, back in time just a couple of years.The Vandermeers were discussing the possible topics for their next anthology, when I landed right smack bang in the middle of their dining table, cutlery and food flying everywhere.Of course it had the desired effect that I was seeking: it totally disrupted their current...

I'm doing a group read with a few time travel fans. One story each Thursday, starting September 3. Hop in any time: http://www.timothycward.com/the-time-... or follow using #TimeTravelThursdaySept. 3 – Richard Matheson/ Death Ship (review)4/5 stars for a terrifying hook that only gets better in the last lines.Sept. 10 - Geoffrey A. Landis/ Ripples in the Dirac Sea (review)4/5 stars for a great use of time travel to illustrate the energy and importance of every breath we get.Sept. 24 – Ursula K. ...

As we approach the end of the year, we get another behemoth collection from the Vandermeers and Head of Zeus. After 2011′s The Weird, which deservedly won awards, and last year’s Zombies! in 2013 we get The Time Traveller’s Almanac. (Or at least we do here in the UK: US readers will have to travel a little further in time until March 2014 for their copies.)There are many collections of time travel stories out there. This one is claimed to be the biggest, and, as I’m sure many reviews will say, t...