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The Return of the Time Machine

gallyangel

Posted 2011-05-03 3:59 AM (#2384)
Subject: The Return of the Time Machine

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I'm sure we all know Baxter's The Time Ships, but I was wondering if anyone knew Egon Friedell's The Return of the Time Machine which I think was published in 1946.

They're quite the quantum leapt apart from each other.

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Posted 2011-05-03 7:58 AM (#2387 - in reply to #2384)
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I found this review online and it does not seem to have gone over very well - at least with this reviewer. It was originally in German so maybe something got lost in translation. I do like the cover art for it. You have to have a lot of confidence to write a sequel to The Time Machine!

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Posted 2011-05-03 1:15 PM (#2388 - in reply to #2384)
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So there are five different sequels, huh? I'm kind of surprised there are that many and yet, I'm not surprised at all. What doesn't surprise me is that four of the five have all fallen into obscurity. It must take a real love for the original to even attempt a sequel. I would think the confidence part comes in big time when actually trying and succeeding in getting a sequel published. I guess we know which of the five was written by the best author.

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Posted 2011-05-11 9:22 AM (#2389 - in reply to #2388)
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gallyangel - 2011-05-03 1:15 PM So there are five different sequels, huh?

I had no idea there were so many sequels! I just added these to the database last night:

Morlock Night is one of those sequels from 1987 and Infernal Devices, also concerning time travel, by K.W. Jeter are coming out in sweet re-print editions from Angry Robot later this year. Love the cover art! Anybody read either of these and are they any good? I'll likely buy them for the cover art alone in any case.