Synchronic: 13 Tales Of Time Travel (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
I'm a time travel junkie. In the 90s I soaked up the John Titor story and still deeply wish to believe he's authentic. Movies, books, television shows... So when Michael Bunker offered Synchronic to read and review, I jumped on it!Synchronic is a fun way to get some time travel stories from different authors into your daily reading. Different styles, different pacing, different methods of attacking one of the more difficult topics to write about and keep fresh and engaging.Some stories were very easy to connect to from the word go. A few stories were difficult to sync with and fall into. As with most anthologies, I've found a few new amazing writers to start following!I was offered a free digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Technically correct stories that lack bite and won't surprise any seasoned sci-fi reader. Unless you're the romantic, easily impressed type, in which case you'll cry your heart out - there's plenty of miserable characters in here, lamenting their present, past or future and trying to change it (a whooping 8 stories are guilty of this). The time travel theme is very loose. The best written stories of the bunch, The River and The Mirror, aren't really sci-fi, so my favorites are Corrections and Reentry Window. Oh, and the stories who set out to be classic sci-fi are actually the worse of the bunch (Laurasians & The First Cut). A mixed bag with more misses than wins.
What do You think about Synchronic: 13 Tales Of Time Travel (2000)?
A wonderful variety of visions with a common thread. Wonderful way to pass some time.
—aaa
Great collection of time travel stories--not one that I didn't enjoy!
—Vitpat
Special stories of time travel you will love..
—Hdagmy
