# Which time travel book should I read next? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756 "2003-05-07T20:49:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756/41 "2003-05-08T18:02:58Z")
I just loved **The Technicolor Time Machine** , by Harry Harrison. There is another time travel book by Harrison called **A Rebel in Time** (My favourite Author, along with Michael Stackpole, by the way). I can recommend both books, Harrison’s time travel stories were really well thought out and great to read. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756/42 "2003-05-08T21:25:28Z")
Quoth **The Gaspode** : > [@](#): > > You’ll never go wrong with Robert A. Heinlein. Yes, you can (_Number of the Beast_, anyone? Or _The Cat who Walks through Walls_?), but when you go right with him, you’ll go very right, indeed. I’ll enthusiastically second the three you mention there (_The Door into Summer_, _By His Own Bootstraps_, and _All You Zombies_), and also add _Time Enough for Love_. By contrast, I prefer to consider that Asimov never wrote any time-travel stories, as I find that much more palatable than saying that _The End of Eternity_ is about time travel. It’s just a cliched space opera with a very clumsy find-and-replace overlaid on it. “The Ugly Little Boy” is good, but for reasons unrelated to time travel, and “The Red Queen’s Race” is also OK, but other than that, it’s definitely not his proper sub-genre. ---
**Author:** ![TheRealJohnPeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TheRealJohnPeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheRealJohnPeat)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756/43 "2003-05-09T00:11:41Z")
For a time-travel book with a difference, see if you can find A Dream of Wessex - Christopher Priest 🙂 TTFN JP ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756/44 "2003-05-10T22:41:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > **By contrast, I prefer to consider that Asimov never wrote any time-travel stories, as I find that much more palatable than saying that _The End of Eternity_ is about time travel. It’s just a cliched space opera with a very clumsy find-and-replace overlaid on it** Ok, it’sn’t bout time travel, but it’s an organization moving through time seeking history failures, trying minimum changes to obtain maximun results, isn’t it? Ok, not travelling in time with a machine but still the result is interesting, not neccessarily to be liked by everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Fiat\_Lux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Fiat\_Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiat_Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756/45 "2003-05-10T22:52:36Z")
_Bring the Jubilee_ by Ward Moore. Alternative history with some time-travel elements. Good story, with some philosophical ruminations tossed in here and there. ---
**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756/46 "2003-05-11T01:30:40Z")
Terraplane and Elvissey by Jack Womack are both very good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-time-travel-book-should-i-read-next/173756.md?page=2)