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Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson

Somewhere in Time

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Richard Matheson

Tor/Forge · Ebook · July 1, 2008

Like What Dreams May Come, which inspired the movie starring Robin Williams, Somewhere in Time is the powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the Grand Masters of modern fantasy.

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Who it’s for
A time-travel romance with a slightly off-kilter edge and an easy pull into mood.
Genres
Time-Travel Romance, Sci-Fi Romance, Time Travel Fiction
Published
Tor/Forge, July 1, 2008

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About this book

Like What Dreams May Come, which inspired the movie starring Robin Williams, Somewhere in Time is the powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the Grand Masters of modern fantasy. Matheson's classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century.

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Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1979 movie version, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, remains a cult classic.

Time-Slip Pull

A time-travel romance with a slightly off-kilter edge and an easy pull into mood.

Come here for

  • time-slip romance energy
  • layered, period-tinged immersion

Expect

  • historical atmosphere
  • fantasy-adjacent yearning

Where it sits

Time-Travel Romance66%
Time Travel Fiction36%
Sci-Fi Romance25%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy Romance
  • Historical Romance
  • Time-Travel Romance
Authors
Richard Matheson
Publisher
Tor/Forge
Published
July 1, 2008
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy Romance