L. Fisher

Award-worthy science fiction

Revisado: 08-07-18

I originally saw this book in the Science Fiction Book Club, but listened to it on Audible instead of reading it. I think it would be good in book format. It is excellent in audio format. The narrator keeps this story moving along nicely, and it is easy to lose track of time while listening to this book.

This is science fiction for readers who pay attention to the Hugo and Nebula awards, or are otherwise actively engaged in the field of science fiction literature. If you enjoy short stories by Ted Chiang, novels like The Time Traveler's Wife, or movies like Primer and Timecrimes, or Coherence you will enjoy this book. As in these stories, the tension (of which there is quite a lot) is built largely on ideas and character development rather than big explosions.

The books starts with main character visiting a hotel on his birthday. Every year, he time travels and goes to this same hotel on his birthday so he can interact with himself from other years since he has also travelled to this same hotel on this same day from other years. This is a book that is probably best experienced without a lot more explanation than that, so you can let yourself be carried away and experience the story along with the main character.

I first listened to this book about five yeas ago, and the story still sticks with me. It definitely ranks in the top 10% of listens that I've done on Audible. I still check back periodically to see if Audible has published any other fiction by Sean Ferell, but sadly, so far this has not happened.

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