| Title | : | Three Time Travelers Walk Into... |
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| ISBN | : | 1515447790 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781515447795 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 |
| Publication | : | Published June 27, 2022 |
Would you follow a stranger into a broom closet at a Grateful Dead concert?
How many times could you watch your own suicide?
What would cause you to give away a wish-granting genie?
Those are just a few of the questions eighteen incredible authors answered in response to the call to take three historical figures, throw them together in some situation, and tell us the story that ensues. You'll be fascinated by those stories featuring Julia Child, Jesus Christ, Michael Jackson, and Vlad the Impaler (well... not all in one story), plus dozens of others.
These marvelous tales of time-traveling adventure flow from the imaginations of Eric Avedissian, Adam-Troy Castro, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Gregory Frost, David Gerrold, Henry Herz, Jonathan Maberry, Gail Z. Martin, Heather McKinney, James A. Moore, Jody Lynn Nye, L. Penelope, Louise Piper, Hildy Silverman, S.W. Sondheimer, Allen Steele, and Lawrence Watt-Evans.
Three Time Travelers Walk Into... Reviews
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Michael Ventrella edited Three Time Travelers Walk Into…I’ve never met him but I have a feeling I would like him. He’s put together a really fun collection of short stories and there’s not a bad one here. I always say an anthology is only as good as the worst story in it-but there really isn’t a tale like that here. Obligatory name dropping: there are entries from some of my favorite writers such as Allen Steele, David Gerrold, and Peter David. And I’m going to crow a little-my friend of over two decades Heather McKinney has a story here as well. I am so delighted for her and proud of her and I know I am biased (duh) but I enjoyed her contribution thoroughly.
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The title of the book is the premise for each of the short stories in it. The time travelers are well-known historical nonfictional people from different eras. The authors did all kinds of things with this premise. In David Gerrold's story, one of those characters was an older himself. Jody Lynn Nye's story is a stolen-chocolate-recipe mystery, which Julia Child, George Washington Carver, and Im-Hotep team up to solve. In several stories, the characters have an ongoing working relationship; Hildy Silverman's story casts Marie Curie, Marie Antoinette, and Mary Todd Lincoln as "Nostradamus's Angels," showing just one of their missions.
As with most anthologies, the quality is mixed. I liked some of the stories more than others, but overall the they were good. The premise has so many possibilities! -
I didn't find out who church was. 😭😭😭😭😭
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Three Time Travelers Walk Into is a fun anthology about putting 3 (mostly) real life people, from perhaps different times, into a time travel story. A great array of authors put their own widely varied touches onto the topic (which, as I understand, was conjured up at a bar at a SF convention). Michael Ventrella, the editor, has also written and or edited some books I have quite enjoyed, and so when I heard about the project, I was definitely excited.
Some of my favorite authors are here, like Lawrence Watt-Evans, David Gerrold, Gail Z. Martin, and Peter Davud. Some authors I know through the convention circuit are also here with their own cool stuff (Hildy Silverman and Keith RA DeCandido.
While some anthologies are pretty uneven, there isn't a single dud here, and I soaked them all up very happily. I won't say anything to spoil any of the stories, but this is definitely a book I recommend. -
The premise had potential, but the stories were flat, often with no connection between the ‘time travelers’ or even why they were together.
The majority of the writers relied on foul language rather than story building.
It just didn’t do anything for me.
